For the content of this advertising. Eyewitness news. restoring the vote. A lastminute federal court ruling could have an impact on election day. what the judge decided. And who is impacted. Plus. A new horror revealed in the case of the rescued woman in South Carolina what police returning to the scene found today. And all new tonight a Deadly Police shootout in new york city. A Police Sergeant killed another officer wounded. Eyewitness news starts right now. A voting bombshell. Just four days before election day. Good evening from the abc11 election hq. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The federal judge has ordered local elections boards to restore voters who were purged from rolls. Elaina athans is live outside state board of elections headquarters in downtown raleigh with what this will emergency injunction and now state officials are scrambling. The executive director says our agency is working quickly to establish the procedures necessary to comply with the court order betw
If you are looking for a reason to smile, look up today. Gorgeous out there. We look at whats going on. You can see clear skies across the area and were looking at sunshine for today. A cold front will move through tomorrow and ahead of the front we will see warmer temperatures and temperatures take a plunge and to the weekend. Highs into the weekend on saturday. Coming up in a few minutes. Lets look at whats going on with traffic. It is 7 01 am. I40 around clayton bypass. It is backed up. In the distance on the right shoulder we have flashing lights. Police act dividend this morning. Overall not really creating an unusual backup. The drive from 42 to the beltline split is taking 15 the travel times increase over the next little while. Downtown raleigh looking fine. Major approaches inside the beltline are looking pretty good. Maybe slow on the inbound side of capital boulevard. Wayne avenue and glenn avenue looking fine so far. Weight avenue trip smooth towards i40. Beltline is gettin
President elect trump gets his first look at his future home today. Hes headed to the white house for a briefing from president obama. Tracy potts has a look ahead at what this might entail. Reporter i say it is time for us to come together as oneunited people. That begins today with the extraordinary image many thought would never happen. Billionaire now president elect donald trump and his wife obamas at the white house this morning. For private meetings the president says the transition teams have been preparing for this for the last year. We are all now rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country. Theres a lot of work to do. Mister trump has 10 weeks to select the cabinet and hundreds of senior members of his administration. Then work begins on his Promise Agenda with the Republican Congress replacing obama care renegotiating trade deals, tax reform, filling the last vacancy on the supreme court. This is very exciting. Not for everyone. Protestshave broken out around
Evidence wont make or break the case. Kania out from under house arrest was in court with his parents, no longer using the wheelchair. His attorneys dont want jurors to hear about his cell phone records claiming that the warrant was improperly filled out. Four troopers took the stand to explain the significance cell phone. Like we felt there may be Text Messages on there that involves drinking or anything of that nature. Reporter prosecutors say kania, who was 20 at the time, was drinking at several nightclubs before getting behind the wheel and driving a 6yearold little girl. The judge did not rule on the motion today but several other motions he plans to hear before the trial starts. The defense did have a motion to ask that the trial be continued or pushed back, rather. But the judge denied that, and that trial is expected to start october 3. Gerald . Julia sims, thank you. Breaking news out of california. A brush devore, can. There are mandatory evacuations in place. The temperatur
Few parents every year who dont pick up their children. Safety is the number one concern. Parents are responsible for making sure their child is at the bus stop when their child is discharged. Reporter police told me this afternoon that other relatives as well as the department of Child Services are currently taking care of the children. A crime alert tonight in durham. Police are lng who made their way inside of a residence all inside nccu campus and robbed the students at gunpoint. One of the Big Questions is how did they get inside. Derrick lewis has details. Derrick . Reporter i want to show you something. Every door to this building is locked from the outside but somehow those two men made fifth floor. To get inside on North Carolina central universitys campus you must have a key card but just after midnight wednesday two armed thieves got inside and stole several personal items. Its crazy how stuff happens inside your building. Reporter he was awake when the robbery happened. Som