Federal court struck down. Other democrats left at republicans for the criteria that they used to draw a new map, including partisan republicans defend. To say that your goal is to preserve a super majority and totally annihilate the existence of representatives from another party goes against the ideas of democracy. We have said over and over again that the issue of political, the partisan nature, is something that is appropriate and secondly, something that you cannot really take out of a necessarily political process. John republicans also challenge the repeated criticism that the new maps also pack minorities into just a handful of congressional districts, saying that race wasnt considered at they say the new maps are just as gerrymandered in terms of race as the old maps. We disagree with that. They can say what we want to, but we will show the results. John democrats have specifically asked republicans who specifically drew the new maps and when that happened. That these were questions that were never fully answered. Now if these maps wind up in use, they will have to be, by definition, a new primary date there will have to be, by definition, a new primary date. This could cost around 10 million to move that congressional primary date. Steve . Steve d. as it stands now, we could be going to the polls in less than two weeks. That partisan debate continues downtown tonight in raleigh. John, thank you. Tisha what does this all mean Heather Waliga has more on the map chaos for us. She joins us now live in downtown raleigh. Heather . Heather the people who represent you in congress could change. Candidates could be forced to make some very tough decisions and North Carolina could be starting from scratch, just weeks away from the primaries. New congressional primary dates could have a major impact of the polls. Thousands of North Carolina voters will no longer be voting in their regular disk regular districts. This Political Science professor, andy taylor, says a change this close to the primary could have consequences, with some candidates living outside and new candidates emerging. Heavy hitters will be facing off against each other. Andy taylor they will have to decide whether they will run in the district they were intended heather the state board of elections is now in a Holding Pattern until they can decide on a date. Also in limbo, who will show up at the polls. Andy taylor the kind of turn out that we see in primary runoffs is going to determine the kind of run off we are going to get and of course, if there are runoffs in those, then it is possible that we could have three days. Heather voters statewide have been mailed voter absentee ballots in the primary. Lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a plan and voters and candidates will have to wait for what happens next. And if lawmakers do pick a new day, the governor would have to sign off on it. Live in raleigh, Heather Waliga, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Date in the voting process if you havent already done so. You need to register to vote by the end of the business day to election. Early voting starts on march 3. Steve d. and tj butterfield who represents the First District also discussed the issue of the new congressional districting with the Supreme Court. Butterfield said that this debate would not have happened under a white president and says that obama should make a decision on a Supreme Court justice. He said i can find instants after instance in the last seven years were republicans have purposely tried to diminish the president s approval. Tisha and new at 6 00, get ready for even more neighbors if you live in North Carolina. Take a look at this. Be moving here between now and 2035. Most will live in either wake county or cumberland county. The North CarolinaPopulation Center is going through the data. We will have more information to show you. Take a look at these counties. 24 counties are the same period will have an increase of population over time, and most are going to be in the northeastern areas of the state. When it comes to children, ages newborn to 17, wake county will see the largest increase with 32 . That is an increase in children ages zero through 17. Here is another map that we want to show you. I cant get this up for you right now. I want to tell you about it. One in every five north carolinians will be 65 or older. That is up 60 since 2015. Steve d. and tonight there is downtown raleigh business. The owner says the wall collapsed and he said he does not know if the restaurant with a great view of the downtown raleigh skyline will ever be repaired. And thousands of dollars stolen from student groups at n. C. State. A former professor is charged with embezzlement. Allegedly spent. Tisha and will more google fiber hubs be poppipi up in the triangle cities . And chris, keep telling us about this beautiful weather that we like to hear about. Chris and i love to tell you about it. We have temperatures dropping back into the 30s this evening. In about a week and a bigsteve d. pity for a College Student apparently playing a role in an embezzlement case. Tisha former nc state professor a former nc state professor was involved in the embezzlement. Ed crump has more on what the investigation has found. And . Ed . Ed the professor told investigators he is been giving tens of thousands of dollars of investigators were surprised that tens of thousands of dollars had been deposited into a students account. The professor said he felt bad for the student who had medical issues and the money was to pay for her medical bills. Bradley says while he didnt know the professor, he has certainly known about this. Bradley [indiscernible] ed that is why so many were shocked last week when the professor was arrested and hauled in front of a judge. Embezzlement of over 72,000 was the subject of the case. The professor claims to have helped someone in need. Bradley he was trying to help the student. Ed his attorney will not comment specifically about the i think he was beloved by his students and i can tell you that my conversations show a generous and kind and caring individual. Ed the search warrant also shows that there may be evidence that the professor has evidence to transfer the money back into the student account from his retirement account. Students say the bottom line is that embezzlement for any reason is a crime. Steve d. that sounds like a wild, new twist. Thank you to ed crump in downtown raleigh tonight. We are bracing for another chilly evening but we have a warmup around the corner. Tisha thats right, we will have a look at the forecast with and i hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too what are the neighbors doing here . Bill hey i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. Dad, its time warner cable. 300 megs. Crazyfast. Dad you can get wifi all over this place. Make your home as connected as possible. Get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for 39. 99 per month. And ask about free installation. Tisha more hubs could be arriving in the triangle cities. Google fiber is thinking about for hubs. Four additional sites would be added and that would include one at the west point park. The city council could vote on them after the march 7 meeting. The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is trying to get better connected to you. Steve d. they just released a brandnew app this week and we are a sponsor. They will have an app that will happening in downtown raleigh. They say there is plenty of parking in the downtown area. The app is free on itunes and it is available on android and google play and free on itunes and google play. Also free is the abc 11 news app. We have all of the latest news and an app for the apple watch. The thing i love most about it is you can stream it live. If the news is on and you are away from the house or right on there. Tisha and the kids dont have to watch. Steve d. no, never. [laughter] steve d. and chris has a look at our weather. Chris all systems are go for a goodlooking weekend. Sunday, but temperatures will continue to warm. And it will cool tonights, but for the weekend not by much. Low 60s and maybe upper 50s by sunday and then a little bit of a problem, temperaturewise, as we tumble back into the 40s for the first part of next week. Here is rdu, 46 degrees now, high clouds overhead. The air is drive. Is dry. Low 40s in roxboro to south hill. 46 in chapel hill and smithfield. 47 in fayetteville. It is cool, but seasonably cool, it is february, after all. It is 45 here, and in kansas city, missouri, they are at 75, 76 in oklahoma city, 70s all the way up to north dakota. Wildfires are a problem out there in the central u. S. Here, so we their system will not get out here, so we will not see the 70s. Sunny and cool day today, a few clouds early on over the triangle and interstate 95. This big ridge here are coming can see the sunshine with temperatures way above average. Stormy weather in the west. A lot of clouds and rain and snow. We are going to stay relatively quiet around here, weatherwise. This is great news considering the active weather we had. It is a little bit of a lull now. We will take it. A cold, frosty night is coming up. 30 around fayetteville. You will be that heavy coat tomorrow morning at around the bus stop. By 9 00. Low 50s. Highpressure is still raging down the east coast. An easterly flow of air and as compared to today. The system drops a little southward. Look at the winds becoming southwesterly. Maybe high clouds around, but notice there is no moisture anywhere nearby. On sunday, we may see a sprinkle west of the triangle. I think at this point, it is really a nonissue. This front moves through sunday. Monday, we may start out around 60 mid day or so, but then we will fall throughout the day. The weekend is the best shot we have of making the most of this warm weather. Mostly sunny, a light wind tomorrow. A really great a to kick off the weekend if you can. Nice day but kind of cool near the virginia border. Upper 40s to around 50. Heres your first alert accuweather forecast. Saturday, a few clouds, but really a beautiful day. Mid 60s and upper sixes on monday, there is a chance of light rain. It should be fairly light. Temperatures will be in the 60s and then they fall late in the day. Tuesday and wednesday, that chilly rain that we are kind of famous for around here will come back. We will have often on brain from tuesday and into wednesday. At this point, it looks like just rain, which is good news, especially compared to that snow and ice we had last week. Tisha we will enjoy what we have coming. Thank you. Steve d. ere is a look at what we will have on Eyewitness News 11 tonight at 11 00, the legislature will be discussing the new congressional districting. We will have the latest. Willannouncer now abc 11 Eyewitness News sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. Mark there was no lastsecond dagger like 2012, at last nights loss was may be even carolina. Do is dial in while the heels are in the heat. Duke is dialed in while the heels are in the heat. There is no answer for Brice Johnson for most of the game and still there was no quitting for the blue devils. We pulled it out and fought down the stretch and it was really big for us and it was a very tough win and they are a very good team. They are just decent inside and we really had to fight for the whole game. [indiscernible] it was just incredible. A game like this, you just sit back. You just say, that was really good. Mark for most of the game, bryce seemed magnetized to the ball. We are at home and i just it seems like he did it all tonight. Mark thanks to dukes resilience, the game was decided down to the wire. Once again, roy williams opted against calling any timeout. [indiscernible] i have always believed that at it is what i was taught and i told the kids that i should have called a timeout. Every game that we play we are just see what we can do. It is wonderful being involved and sometimes you just have to play better. Mark they are versus miami on saturday. And cam ward is back in uniform and he has been backed up tonight. Trade deadlines are looming and questions remain. He spoke quite honestly about i may be crushed if it isnt made and i am moving on. At the same time, right now, my focus is helping this Team Win Games at some point because we are learning how to win and we are learning how to get better every day and it is fun to see some of these young guys develop. I want to win every year and it feels like it has been a long time. It is something i want to do again. Mark jared allen was with the panthers this year, but today he released the best retirement long while. I just want to say thank you for an amazing 12 year career. This is the part where i am going to ride off into the sunset, but seeing as there is no sunset, i am just going to write off. Mark well ride off. See him actually ride off into the sunset, but there was no sunset and we did get to see him ride off. And coach k could not make it to brazil and coach k said he has knee surgery and he is fully intending to be in brazil. Steve d. and fighting against zika, i imagine. Tisha thats right. Remember, you can have updates whenever you need them on the mobile app. Steve d. remember, you can see tisha back your tonight 11 00 switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. Plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. Yes and . Why do you guys keep saying that . Its the first rule of improv. By saying yes and, we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. Yes, right, i know. Do you . Feel like a hollywood insider breaking news tonight. Chopper down. The helicopter crashing into the water near pearl harbor. Civilians on board. A popular trip for tourists. Witnesses say it dropped from the sky. Several on board. The heroes jumping into the water. Also tonight, donald trump takes aim at pope francis, after the pope suggests trump is not christian. The moment on the popes plane. And tonight, trumps fiery response. The terror attack in california, and this evening, major developments. The fbi moving in. In san bernardino, what did they find . Forced to pay. The hackers locking personal computers, trapping your personal information, your photos. Forcing you to pay to get it back. Now, a hospital, patients medical records hacked. And drivers beware tonight