The nomination. They wonder if he has the broad voters. They do have pointed issues that they hope they will hear from ted cruz today. They hope they will address out there on the stage at the Calvary Baptist church. We will pop inside and see if we before we begin. For now, live in raleigh. John thank you. When ted cruz begins to speak, you will begin to watch it and it will be streaming live on abc11. Com. And the parade of candidates continues tomorrow when donald trump returns for a speech. Donald trump is scheduled to speak at 7 00. And Hillary Clinton comes on thursday that no word yet when she will appear. Barbara the zika virus and how legislative meeting. So far, there is one confirmed case in wake county. We are live at the legislative building in Downtown Retail at downtown raleigh. Health authorities are keeping an eye on the situation. They know about it in wake county and say they have academic leaders involved now in the investigation. They say at this point there is no news. We learned a bit more today about the monitoring. The department of health and Human Service director led the oversight committee. This will wear prepare this will well prepare us and there is no reason to be concerned. Our message is that we anticipate more cases and again, that is why we made it helps us track the virus. There are only five confirmed including wake county. Health authorities tell us the woman is not of childbearing age and they are closely monitoring her and she is doing well. They are also keeping an eye on the mosquitoes here since the virus is transmitted through their bite if they are in acted. We are contracting with three at academic entomologists to help us track the presence. We think we have some of the mosquitoes, but the predominant mosquito here is not that one. The doctor tells me that the and apologists working on this that particular mosquito is usually found south of here. Barbara dallas was anthony the governor wants a General Assembly special session called to address the nondiscrimination ordinance. It was passed last month and it goes into effect on april 1. He is trying to majority to consent to be special session before april 1. Lawmakers in the house said that only governor pat mccrory can call that one. Other say it should be addressed when they convene in late april. John a bail hearing is taken place today for the person accused of doing the gold heist. He faces robbery and firearm charges for the 2015 robbery. They used the gps device to track the tractortrailer. The driver and the passenger the 275 pounds of gold was it. The final crime numbers for 2000 feet 42 thousand 15 show that crime was up by 15 . The increase is driven by a doubledigit rise in aggravated assaults and homicides. In 2014, durham had 22 homicides last year. Report. Some crimes are down. A week after a Police Officer was shot and killed or rather, a Police Officer shot and killed a man in raleigh, he officer is working to find solutions to undermining problems. Barbara there was a meeting last night that was billed as real talk. There is a lot of pain and confusion. It is like, where is the help . So now we are saying, we are here to help. Barbara it will talk about the way young people, who may find themselves on the wrong side of the law, interact with police and also talk about the creation of a civilian review board. A fire that caused major damage to a law office in fayetteville is under investigation. It was at the downing and downing law firm. A lot of the damage is in the roof and on the second floor balcony. It started at 6 00 last night near the Cumberland County courthouse. Firefighters say the fire was contained at the second floor and the front office but there is smoke and water damage on both floors. Lower gas prices are great but they could be dangerous to pedestrians. John how they are linked, just ahead. Plus, an old spot get the new life. What a developer plans to do. This was made possible by the governor. John here is a live look into downtown raleigh. Another beautiful spring day. Don we are in the 70s across the region today. We will see the 70s stick around. Plus we have a great weekend forecast coming up in a bit. As a had to break, we will check the big stories happening this instant. Abc 11 Eyewitness News continues. Barbara welcome back. Here is a live look. It is 71 degrees right now, a beautiful day. Don schwenneker looks ahead to a possible rainy weekend coming up in the forecast. Governor pat mccrory was among the dignitaries who attended the groundbreaking and on breaking on the outer banks. Oregon inlet. Preliminary work is underway. The price tag is expected to be 216 million. The bridge is the only land to the island. John marine archaeologist think they have found the wreckage of a confederate ship. Sonar imaging reveals the wreck 27 miles downstream from wilmington. In the area in decades. Preserved. It. Barbara gas prices are the lowest in years, but it is being blamed on a shocking increase in the pedestrian deaths around the country. Pedestrian deaths surged by 10 last year. Left marks the largest yeartoyear increase of pedestrian deaths since 1975. Most of those deaths occurred after dark and involved alcohol. More people behind the wheel are believed to be behind this incident. John the number of people renting their suburban home continues to grow. The number of renters grew fastest on the outskirts of the most popular cities. The report adds to other data that have charted the rise in now, the money watch stock report. The dow jones is down. The nasdaq is down nearly 28 points and the s p 500 is down 12 points. Barbara Johnson County a man was the big winner of the cash five drawing. He had no idea how much he won until he cash in the ticket. He matched all five numbers and was shocked to find out that he had actually won nearly 10 times the amount he thought. The jackpot had risen to 444,000. A raleigh businessman is hoping to accomplish what others have tried to do. That is to bring a successful food market into downtown. This vacant building will be a food hall and market. The man leading the charge is the owner of the Company Supporting for restaurants and hanley is targeting a spring 2017 opening day. John the Durham Rescue Mission is throwing a super feast government courtesy of governor pat mccrory. Governor mccrory donated 50 cases of turkey burgers and sausages to a Colorado Food Bank and sent food to local shelters as well. Soon state cabinet. Linda coleman, our next lt. Governor. Because its time to fight back, so our children dont have to do it all over again. Ive fought to improve schools all my life. And now, im going to fight against the republicans in raleigh. Because were in a fight john invitation only. Michelle obama is invited. She will be buried alongside her library. A downed tree on the tracks is derailment in northern california. Barbara no one was killed. The pictures are dramatic. A train was traveling to the San Francisco bay area and derailed after hitting a tree. Some cars plunged into the creek. Rescue crews had to fight the current. Or teen people were injured, four of them seriously. Officials say the rain had been raining heavily ininhe area before the incident. The floodgate at. Dam in california will open. The gates are open as the water level nears capacity. As you know, california is in a major drought. Rainfall has helped to ease that. With more rain in the forecast, Authorities Say it was necessary to relieve runoff water. John Severe Weather pounded parts of the southwest overnight, including a possible tornado in texas. Dallas area. The first Tornado Warning last night. Left behind. Multiple rounds of rain and thunderstorms are expected for north texas this week. Barbara im glad no one was hurt. I am feeling a little bit guilty that we are so nice here. [laughter] it is beautiful. Don i like our weather today. It will be sticking around. If you like today, you will love tomorrow. Thank you for spending part of your day with us. Lets get a look at the temperatures across the region. Mid 70s today. I 4 00, still 75 degrees. Temperatures in the 60s in the evening hours. Even as midnight, almost 60 degrees. In fayetteville, mid 70s as well. Raleigh, the temperature right now is 72 degrees. We have a 40 humidity. The wind at six Miles Per Hour. In durham, 74 Miles Per Hour with the southwest wind at two Miles Per Hour. And at the stadium, baseball is one month away. 71 degrees right now now with blue skies out there. Lets show you what is going on as far as temperatures across the region. Everyone is in the 70s, even roxboro. Wilson, 72 degrees. Look at the 24 hour temperature change a lot warmer today. Louisburg and roanoke rapids, 16 degrees warmer. 13 degrees warmer in and clear skies above with lots of sunshine. The sunshine will stay with us today. Tomorrow and tonight we stay clear. Some of those storms that john and barbara were talking about, this nasty line in oklahoma and into kansas but notice the movement of this. Everything is moving north. There is a big dome of High Pressure over us. It is moving the moisture up and away from us. The highpressure is going down to the south and east. Keeping us warmer as we go tomorrow. The High Temperature doesnt go anywhere. We just continue to rotate the air back up. It keeps us dry. Out west. More sunshine with warmer temperatures. 74 degrees by 5 00 with lots of sunshine in raleigh. Middle part of the viewing area. 75 degrees in holly springs. 75 in her room. 76 degrees in pinehurst. 72 degrees in henry. 76 degrees in wilson. Tonight, temperatures into the 40s for the overnight lows and we may see patchy fog. 50 degrees in fayetteville. Tomorrow, 76 degrees, mostly sunny. Friday, more cloud cover. Saturday is the raleigh st. Patricks day parade. Hope to see you out there for that. We spring forward saturday night into sunday. Even the rain we see this weekend would be anything. Barbara so it wont ruin the festivities. Thank you. John the acc tournament gets underway. Abc 11 is keeping you connected. Find us on facebook and like us for the latest updates. Barbara it is official, we know america. A contestant. Also, real housewives of atlanta, kim fields alongside with mischa barton. Barbara also, antonio brown, a ufc fighter, a model and a singer. John several contestants had already been announced including the Good Morning America meteorologist. Plus, jodie sweeten is following in the footsteps of candace cameron. The dancing with the stars season premiere airs monday, march 21 at 8 00 here on abc 11. And a remake of the film dirty dancing is set to start filming producers are looking for 900 extras for the film. Theyre also looking for cars from the 1950s1975. It will be a threehour tv special. Barbara the acc tournament is now underway. The teams met twice during the regular season. We caught up with the wolfpack yesterday, practicing for todays game. The winner will meet on wednesday. We have live coverage beginning today at 4 00. Maria sharapova has failed a drug test, leaving her future in tennis uncertain. She tested positive for a drug that became a banned substance in january. She says she takes full responsibility and has been decade. In the meantime, the scandal is nike has suspended ties. And another retirement Calvin Johnson retired this morning. The receiver known as megatron will step down after nine season. John voters are voting this afternoon. Barbara just ahead, the possible impact. With patented lr2412 and hyaluronic acid in a luxurious cream. See visible correction of wrinkles, pores and skin texture. Feel soft, supple skin. Visionnaire cream. Now discover a visibly nourishing gelinoil night treatment. Visionnaire nuit. By lancome. Receive a free gift. Its super tuesday ruined two. And fort the only station with three newsrooms. In downtown raleigh, durham and fayetteville. Abc 11 Eyewitness News continues. Barbara happening now, republican president ial candidate, ted cruz, is campaigning in raleigh. We are live there with the details. The last time we talked her there was a line of people outside that church. There were, several hundred people. That was about half an hour ago. Ted cruz just walked in. Let me get out of the way so you can see. He is addressing questions with the media. That is right before he goes into the sanctuary where he will participate in a town hall with megyn kelly. She is here and they will discuss the issues for the issues before the event transitions into a rally. I believe we do have video to show you of the line that was forming outside. Some of those people tell less they got there around 9 00 this morning just to be in the front of the line. They said they didnt care so inside to hear from the president ial candidate. One of the first questions we were able to hear him answer is about what he expects from support here in North Carolina. He said that this is a conservative, Grassroots Movement and he has given a lot of thanks to pastors. This rally is being held at a Baptist Church here in raleigh. We will continue to listen and hear what he has to say before the rally gets underway, it is supposed to start at 1 00. We will transition into the rally and give you much more coverage on abc11. Com and later today on Eyewitness News. We are live in raleigh. John thank you. Speaking of the North Carolina primary next week, more candidates will be in our state. Donald trump returns for a rally and donald trump is scheduled to speak at 7 00. Hillary clinton comes on thursday but no word as to where she will appear. Barbara happening now, lawmakers are talking about the zika virus. Andrea has the details downtown. The state is monitoring the zika cases but there is no reason for concern at this point. The secretary of the department of health and Human Services spoke with the joint legislative oversight committee, telling them about the zika virus preparedness. We learned that they do anticipate more cases, that is why they are making this a reportable disease. So far, there are just five confirmed cases in the entire state, including the first case reported in wake county last week. That patient is a woman who traveled to central and south america. She is being monitored and is in the meantime, the doctors come from tcu and n. C. State. We are contracting with three academic entomologists and we are hiring three. To help us track the mosquito. The doctor says that particular mosquito is not predominant here. It is usually south of here in florida. Barbara thank you. Also happening at the legislative building, the North Carolina governor is trying to address charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance. They passed the ordinance last month and it goes into effect on april 1. He is trying to get a 3 5 maturity to consent to the special session before april 1. Want one but only patrick worry can call this. Governor pat mccrory has said that it is expensive. John happening now, a bail hearing for the man accused of orchestrating the gold heist in North Carolina last year. The 46 euros was addressed in was arrested last week. He faces robbery and firearms charges. The fbi says he used a gps to track the tractortrailer and he released pepper spray by remote passenger. The 275 pound load of gold was massachusetts when three armed thieves intercepted it. Barbara happening now, fire investigators are looking for the cause of damage at a law office. You can see a lot of the damage is in the roof area and on the second floor. Last night near the Cumberland County courthouse. The fire was contained to the second floor and the front office but there is smoke and water damage on both floors. It is another day in vote 2016. Voters in four states are headed to the polls today. John this follows a big announcement from the former mayor, Michael Bloomberg. We have the latest on the campaign. Voters out bright and early. Four states are up for grabs today. Donald trump is still leading in all of them. Michigan, hawaii and we have the greatest potato group in the world. I love idaho. Donald trump is the target of an ad war against him. Donald trump hasnt served this country a day in his life. The conservative pack is Michael Bloomberg says he is not running because it could lead to the election of donald trump or ted cruz. Yesterday, the mexican president weighed in and compared donald trump to hitler. Im not happy about that. I dont want that comparison but we have to be strong and vigilant. We will not let a person like that ever become president of the united states. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton is vowing to do everything she can to stop him. Bernie sanders is adamant. We talking about running this campaign to become president of the united states. Today, as voters cast their ballots, pulling rallies are in ohio they are up for grabs john chapel hill tries something new in the name of safety. Barbara just ahead, the test project that is underway. John plus, and unbelievable Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. 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