us on primary election night in north carolina. let's get right to some of the results on the democratic side of the presidential primary. tonight, hillary clinton easily beating bernie sanders. >> and a look at the tight race on the republican side. right now, we can project the donald trump is the winner in north carolina. again, in a tight race there with ted cruz. we have team coverage for you tonight of this major race and its impact. >> let's start with eyewitness news reporter live tonight. blake. >> scott and erica, another big night for trump nationwide. and he will get a majority of the delegates in north carolina. people thought going into today. some polls had trump with a double digit percentage lead. it shook out to be much closer. trump took 40% so far. cruz 36% in those votes still coming in. we'll wait to see how many of the state's 72 delegates go to trump and cruz. trump talking to supporters in the last hour, gave few specifics saying we need to bring the party together, saying he'll fire quote, bad people, and focus on making america safe. >> we need prote

washington, don champion, north carolina news. >>> back locally now, preparations are underway for gop frontrunner donald trump's visit to fayetteville. next wednesday night he'll address supporters at the crown coliseum. it's the second campaign visit for trump in north carolina. we were there as he held a rally in raleigh in december. >>> today the garner fire department is hoping wake county leaders will agree to pay them more money. >> meeting between the commission is happening tonight. cbs north carolina reporter emma wright joins us live from station 1 on main street in garner. emma, the chief says the pay increase is necessary. >> reporter: he does, so do the other firefighters. we talked with one firefighter who says an n addition to working here he also has to work three other part time jobs just to get by. he says increasing hours, low pay and increasing demands on the fire department are putting a strain on himself and his family. the chief says offering more money would also allow them to recruit new candidates to join the department in addition to making the current firef

what we're seeing in north carolina is reflective of what we're seeing across the country. >> we're going to win, win, win, and we're not stopping. >> if we win in november, i know our future will be brighter. reporter: the winners have spoken and the candidates are moving on, but what can we learn about the way north carolina voted in the primary. >> the support for trump was across the state. reporter: this map shows how. among gop voters, the northern counties favored trump, but the triangle area went for cruz. until you reach lee who shifted back to trump. you would expect doing better in rural or small town counties as posed to the urban county. that kind of draws more cruz supporters. reporter: with democratic voters, the results are more consist intent -- in our area for clinton with only orange counties going slight three sanders. >> i thought the young people would show up and window win more. reporter: secretary clinton did very well. she's done very well. there's a established pattern of her doing well in the south. reporter: on a matchup between clinton and trump in the

. stomach donald trump is back in north carolina. will take a live look at his campaign event at lenore rhine university. his plane was delayed due to fog in the hickory area. he is back on track. the event was pushed back to 11:45 this way. he is participating in a town hall meeting with chris christie. let's listen in. >> there's anger in the fact that america, the u.s. doesn't win anymore. we don't win are trade. we don't win in the military. we can't take care of our veterans who are so important. [ applause ]. education is a disaster. >> the university plans to following the visit. will have more tonight at 5:00. >>> all of this comes when we are less than 24 hours away from the primary. heidi crews -- cruz will talk to supporters at fayetteville tech. hillary clinton will focus in charlotte and her husband will make an appearance in greenville. early voting ended saturday. we go live to cameron village. >> reporter: here you can see a large crowd at the polling center at the cameron village library. candidates are hoping to see that tomorrow. 72 delegates are at stake. we a

paul cameron. >>> the biggest race for the gop presidential nomination in north carolina. donald trump took an early lead and then held on to beat out ted cruz t is not over but he is up and beating marco rubio and john kasich. he had the lead going into the primary. he was ahead by 11 percentage points according to the policy poll. they were campaigning in the area over the past week. >> hillary clinton came out with the win against bernie sanders. you remember they were in grab votesment we have the results scrolling throughout the news cast. >> what very jamie boll breaking down the results of the race here in north carolina and other states. >> reporter: since we saw the north carolina numbers, let me first hit on the four other states voting tonight. let's start with the republicans. big prizes were ohio and florida, winner take all in the delegate battle. and donald trump the winner in the sunshine state nearly a 20 point win over marco rubio who after those results bowed out of the race. donald trump unable to land the knock out punch. john kasich wins his home state. i wa

pass that along as soon as we learn more. live in raleigh, mario boone cbs north carolina. >> mario thank you. story. you can see all of our team coverage from the past week right now on a special section of wncn.com. meanwhile body cameras are coming to sanford. the city approved the purchase of 70 cameras, it will cost $76,000 to buy the cameras and computer equipment to maintain them. >>> we are awaiting rain and maybe some snow. here's wes with more. >> hi sharon good evening to you and to you at home. a couple of days ago in the 70s out of the 40s some of us not at all. that's where we sit right now. 40s from the triangle on north, 50s to the sand hills and i-95 corridor and rain starting to show up just to our west. light rain falling in moore county and parts of western chatham county and sincerely later city. it is rain right now and for some of us we could see a few wet snow flakes mixed in. moving over us throughout the overnight hours and the rain snow line is just parked on the north carolina south carolina border and because of that most of virginia under a winter weath

invest in jobs and education. >> on the eve of the north carolina primary. >> now thousands packed events today for donald trump and bernie sanders and people are all ready lining up for hillary clinton's campaign stop in >>> the political spotlight is certainly on our region. and we have a team of reporters covering everything. eyewitness news reporter dave faherty begins our team coverage tonight in hickory where donald trump visited not long ago. >> we learned this afternoon that a total of six people were sited earlier today. police say no one was hurt both sides. we could see police repeatedly step in to keep the calm as opponents of trump and supporters clashed outside the pe monroe auditorium. police escorted some from inside out this door, including one group who told us they planned on protesting the republican front runner from the beginning. >> we're going to be in every city in this country resisting it. it's our obligation, it's our duty. we have to be there. >> we had a sign that said turn >> others like that bernie sanders supporter never made it inside. capturing th

north carolina will be between republican mccroy and democrat roy cooper. >> and ross will face senator. big night for the front-runners pulling out of the race the gop field down to 3. here is a look. trump, declared the winner north carolina, he takes wins in florida and illinois. >> kasich took the win in his home state of ohio. we are waiting for missouri but trump has a slight lead over cruz but too chose to call just yet. >> an hour ago trump addressed his supporters about the big wins tonight. >> we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody is writing about it. all over europe all over the world. this is an example of it today. >> all right, now, let's head over to the democratic side. >> front-runner, clinton, won here in north carolina and she takes home wednesday night in florida and ohio. now, clinton this to say about >> two million votes nationwide. we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november. >> teb ramorgan has a

at 6:30. i'm emma wright, cbs north carolina. >>> bernie sanders and hillary clinton go head-to-head in the second debate this week. the candidates will face off one day after sanders claimed a surprise victory over clinton in the michigan primary. as craig boswell reports, the donald trump camp continues to claim victim trip over his rivals. >> reporter: cbs news projects bernie sanders pulled off an jobs and the economy were the top issues there. at this time polls showed young voters and african-americans have the edge. >> i want to thank the people of michigan who kind of repudiated the polls that had us 20, 25 points down a few days ago. >> reporter: hillary clinton won the state in mississippi. most wanted a candidate with political experience. >> i want to be the president for the struggling and the striving, for people who have the dream and who are looking for a way to achieve that dream. >> reporter: exit polls show republican voters in michigan and mississippi want a change and many wanted a political outsider. >> reporter: cbs news projected donald trump won the gop prima

today. >> cbs north carolina investigates. jonathan rodriguez spoke with them. >> have they reacted to either of tonight's reports yet? >> they are actually still on the process of reviewing that. we learned he was shot four times once in the right chest that hit his heart and both of his lungs, once in his right forearm right upper arm and right shoulder. the naacp was addressing some of the community members during that meeting is when the autopsy came out so the family's attorney took off immediately. we weren't able to speak to her right then but i did talk to the local pastor and naacp who are doing their own investigation. >> the da did say this is just the beginning phase of the report. to come out so we've asked for a thorough investigation. we want the truth. >> we want to make sure the investigation is thorough, complete, transparent and we appreciate the community support in making that happen. >> the family's attorney didn't have much to say but is asking anyone and everyone who may have seen something that monday to come forward. >> while the police department and the c

officials have not confirmed any cause of death yesterday. cbs north carolina lauren havelin is live on scene. >> reporter: she said she really doesn't know what happen here and it is driving her absolutely crazy. she tells us that her son along with another woman were found at this home behind me. can you see that a deputy is still here along with crime scene tape surrounding this unit home drive. and the sheriff's office responded here around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, after a family friend found a man when deputies arrived they found the woman dead, too, and deputies say that two year old they found is okay and safe and now with family members. like you guys said, it's unclear how the two died. but a neighbor told cbs north carolina they did hear the gunshots the night before the couple was found. while the sheriff did not release the names of the victims we did speak to that mother, her son she saids is matt jones, here is how she described her son matt. >> matt was -- he was hard to get along with sometimes, sometimes he was as sweet as he could be. sometimes he was as general us

the action, games here on "cbs north carolina." >>> it's currently 5:37. coming up next - >> videos, i don't know what i'm going to do. that's how bad it is. >> was that what i think it was? >> yes. wait until you see this video. >> a fight surrounding a pet alligator is heating up in florida. >> here's a look at the bus stop forecast. out the door this morning kids need the jacket, in the low 50s. clear and cooler, 77 our afternoon high. we (vo) combine the right things. sprinkle in the details. and something amazing happens for everyone. that's our inspiration for fancy feast medleys. entr\es like white meat chicken florentine and wild salmon primavera with garden veggies and greens. a perfect combination. looks and tastes amazing. available in gravy and now pate. >>> welcome back to "cbs north carolina." 5:40. we're in the low 50s now and we'll stay in the low 50s through 7:00 and 8:00. 9:00 this morning we could be close to 58. by 10:00 a.m. we should be back into the 60s. right now here's a live picture from the raleigh-durham international airport. a quiet start to the day. we

headquarters in north carolina. we will be there. if you can and you still want to see it check out our live stream. we've got that for you at wncn.com. >>> if you are planning to go, take a look at the list of prohibited items. not surprisingly, yes, weapons and laser pointers are banned, but you also can't bring any signage, outside food, or recording devices. to see the full list of items, go to our web site again at wncn.com. >>> it will be a very busy thursday for hillary clinton. two stops in our area in less than two hours. the visit comes after her victory last night in mississippi and loss in michigan. clinton is trying to solidify her lead over bernie sanders. bill clinton was in our other campaigning for his wife on monday. her vision is different than the republicans. >> she does not agree with the other party when they say they want to make america great again. this country never stopped being great. [ cheers and applause ] >> but we do need to make america whole again so we can all rise together. >> after hillary's visit tomorrow, her daughter chelsea will be in our ar

democrat side, hillary clinton winning big in north carolina. >>> the race for governor. he will now face attorney general cooper. moving now to the senate race, debra ross winning the democratic nomination, and she will face republican incumbent. >>> cutler is taking a look at the democrats. national stage. again, no major surprises in north carolina. >> marco rubio losing big in his state of florida. he announced soon after that he would be suspending his campaign. >>> we are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. we've got one more trip around ohio this coming fall where we will beat hillary clinton, and i will become the president of the united states. thank you all very much, and god bless you. >>> a big night for hillary clinton. >> supporters in downtown raleigh. where she met with voters. they also met with hillside. >>> bernie sanders supporters gathered. he got wide support. people came into tyler's tap room. more than 250 people made phone calls and canvassed neighborhoods across the triangle. they're remaining optimistic. >> bernie sand

. when polls are closed down in ohio and north carolina. the presidential candidates in both parties are battling for nearly a third of the delegates needed to win their respective nominations. it's a critically important night. we're watching all of this very closely. jake, i've got to tell you, we're going to get the official numbers very, very soon. the first official numbers released by the state of florida. >> that's right. any minute now. on this make-or-break super tuesday, we have correspondents at all the candidates' headquarters, they're standing about i right now. let's go to jim acosta at trump headquarters in palm beach, florida. and jim, they've got to be on pins and needles there. big states coming down tonight. >> absolutely. i talked to a top trump campaign official here in florida who said they will win florida. will it be as big as the 20-point margins in the polls? they don't think so. i talked to a separate top trump campaign official who said look at ohio, they're looking at numbers that are being shared with them from the kasich campaign. this esay they're gett

. >>> donald trump is declared the winner in north carolina, florida and illinois. that is in the last few minutes. he takes wins in florida. we'd that. a big night for trump. >> absolutely. kasich takes home a win in his home state of ohio. cruz has not had a win so far tonight. we are waiting to find out the result for the republican primaries in here in north carolina and in missouri. we will find out the details on that later. the specifics, democrat candidate clinton wins north carolina and takes home wins in florida and ohio. >> as for sanders he has not won any contests yet either but we are waiting for the winners to be called on the democratic side. the media and supporters right now. let's listen in. >> so many -- we had such incredible support. i spoke to mitchell today, we had a great conversation the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. [ applause ] we have -- we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody is writing about it. all over europe, a

victories in four states, florida, ohio, illinois, and right here in north carolina. >> as for the republicans, trump winning big in his round of primaries. he took the top spot in florida, illinois and north carolina. missouri is still too close to call this morning for both the parties. however, john kasich won in his state of ohio where he is the former governor. after a disappointing finish in florida, though, senator rubio ended his campaign last night, throwing his support to senator ted cruz. we'll have a full breakdown of the election coming up in just a bit. >>> north carolina votes resoundingly approved the connect nc bond. >> it is a $2 billion bill that improves the state infrastructure. >> it passed in all counties except for one, pender county on the coast. they voted it down there. this bond has been a hot debate opponents say $2 billion is too much. >> the voters have spoken. the state says all of that money will be put to good use. much of the $2 billion will be spent on north carolina's state-funded colleges and universities. the money will also go towards repairi

just days before the north carolina primary. >> never had an issue. just speaks his mind i guess apparently. >> neighbors react to the man charged with punching a protestor at the trump rally in fayetteville. i'm shawn. >> and i'm sharon. the man charged with punching a protestor is out of jail tonight. >> stemming from the video that has gone viral you see behind us. cbs north carolina reporter david hearse spent the day learning more about him. >> mcgraw left this jail early this morning living in linden 15 minutes from here. while he is a bit out spoken neighbors didn't expect him to do what he did on wednesday. we are told john mcgraw had already left town by the time we visited his camper. we are hoping to speak with him about this video. he's the man seen punching a protestor being escorted out of a donald trump rally on wednesday. i didn't expect him to actually sit there and punch somebody when i looked at that video. >> authorities arrested him on assault battery and disorderly conduct charges and also later charged him with communicating threats obtained by inside editi

also moved the primary from may to march to make north carolina more of a player in determining the presidential nominees. >> neither trump nor clinton is close to capturing enough delegates to win the nomination. so as long as the nomination is in balance, yes. are we going to be the focus of attention for all the democrats and republicans? probably not. >> reporter: if you did miss the early voting registration deadline you can still do same day registration, just stop by a polling place in your home county. early voting runs through saturday, march 12th, the primaries tuesday march 15th. back to you. >>> today former senator hagen and state senator mckissic will supporters in raleigh to get people ready for early voting. the group will later march through early voting sites on salisbury street in downtown raleigh. >>> on the gop side, all eyes on detroit tonight. the candidates will take part in another debate there but without ben carson. meanwhile, donald trump is facing a new wave of attacks from former candidate mitt romney. who is expected to blast the billionaire during a s

trump who looks to put away the race song tuesday by winning decisively in states like north carolina, sitting beside the first major politician to endorse him, trump delivered a get behind him or risk damaging the party. >> what they have to do is embrace this phenomenon. and go with it. and we will beat the democratics and we will beat hillary who's so flawed. >> some people would argue the damage has all ready been done. protesters once again had to be removed from his event. one falling to the ground as he was pulled away. but the overwhelming majority of the crowd consisted of trump loyalists. people who say they've been on the trump train since it embarked. >> i think more everyday now, he's beginning to be more and more popular. >> political experts say trump needs to get more specific to win swing voters. asked about his plans for veterans, the republican front runner failed to mention anything definitive. but to loyalists, that's part of the businessman's appeal. >> it's time for everybody to unify and let's go and make america great again. public policy poling, donald trump has a com

: a big night in campaign 2016, as north carolina was one of five states where voters headed to the polls for super tuesday 3. out across north carolina, 2.3 million people. 35% turnout. that is similar to what we saw in 2012 the last time a primary included a >> obviously it is presidential politics, always is interesting in these things if you have a president on the ballot and this is a hot race, the general assembly moved this race to march for hopes of this and boy, they got it. >> john: in the presidential primary donald trump beat out ted cruz and marco rubio and john kasich, won 40% of the vote, cruz at 37%. on theemocratic side, hillary clinton came out with the win against bernie sanders, she had 55% of the vote to just over 40% for sanders. clinton and trump pulling out other major win is a cross the country, weijia jiang has the latest. >> reporter: cbs news projects and north carolina. >> it is the biggest political story in the world. >> reporter: john kasich told all 66 delegates in his home state of ohio. >> i have to thank the people of you. is all i can tell you. i

information on the number of mumps cases here in north carolina. the north carolina department of health says there are six con confirmed cases in the state. and some of the patients have already recovered. >> right now, another heated exchange of words in the race for the white house. donald trump's plan to win the g.o.p. nomination just got hit by an incoming attack from mitt romney. >> romney threw himself back into the discussion not to back another candidate but to try to take donald trump out. attacking his policies and personality. as expected trump fired back at a rally in maine. this is a far cry from 2012 when romney sought trump's blessing while he was running for president. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud he is playing the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house. >> mitt is a failed candidate. he failed. he failed horribly. we cannot take another loss and mitt is, indeed, a choke artist. >> we are sure to hear more from trump tonight when the four >> and north carolina voters are are casting their ballots. early voting is under way. voters show

a lot to say. >> north carolina news reporter emma right is live at raleigh police department with more. emma? >> reporter: we've learned that the officer is 29 years old and been with the department since 2019. the family of the suspect identified him as akiel denkins and police say it happened near the intersection of bragg and east streets. tensions were high yesterday in the neighborhood as raleigh police investigated. raleigh police say a weapon was found near the body of denkins. however, we talked with his mother and she says otherwise. because they couldn't catch him, they shot at him seven times. >> in the back! >> i don't know if they didn't hit him once, twice, or all seven times. >> reporter: police say the officer involved has been placed on administrative leave. chief cassandra deck-brown talked with the media yesterday and had little to say. however, we'll have more on what happened coming up in our next half hour. i'm emma wright, north carolina news. >> thank you. >>> a wade county jury hands down a verdict two decades after a student's death. the victim's friends

presidential candidate donald trump. >> "cbs north carolina"'s emma wright is live with details. >> reporter: the sheriff says the deputies didn't act fast enough after a trump supporter punched a protester in the face. it was caught on video. the cumberland county sheriff's office rakim jones punched by 78-year-old john mcgraw as he was walking up the stairs during the trump rally. the sheriff has disciplined five deputies involved floating three in rank and suspending for a period of five days without pay. two other deputies were suspended for three days without pay. they will all be on probation for 12 months. trump supporters say the incident is unfortunate. >> i can't blame one man for another man's action. as far as i know mr. trump didn't ask the man to punch a protester. so i heard nothing like that. so, i think it's all on him, on the man that actually assaulted the protester. >> reporter: john mcgraw was eventually charged with punching jones. more in the next half-hour. >>> a man expected in court accused of peeping in windows near large apartment complexes the incide

. [cheering] >> i didn't think you had people like that in north carolina. go home to mommy. go home. bye. go home to mommy. deirdre: gop candidates are making their final push for delegates in the four states this evening. this is "risk & reward," i'm deirdre bolton. senator marco rubio is in florida. senator ted cruz is in north carolina. governor john kasich in ohio. we'll bring you the very latest from each event. meep time, four states are voting tonight, you see them there, see them on your map. mississippi closing in less than three hours. so the race is on. 1237 delegates to the got gop presidential nomination. 150 gop delegates available tonight. senator cruz may not cruise today. blake burman at his headquarters in north carolina. blake, what does senator ted cruz have to do tonight? reporter: well, interestingly enough, deirdre, we are here in north carolina. it is not one of those four states that you just talked about that are in play tonight. the cruz campaign is looking ahead really of tonight. north carolina is one of the states coming up on march 15th, which is the day many p

durham mario boone cbs north carolina. >> and this is a third unsolved murder in recent months in durham of the last month a 1- year-old baby was shot in a driving by and a 72-year-old -- drive by and a 72-year-old woman was injured. >>> a group of people in raleigh have ideas to share with the police department to make it in their words more transparent and accountable. calling themselves the police accountability and community task force they plan to deliver recommendations in light of last week's officer involved shooting of a 24-year-old. body cameras and antibias techniques and training they want to share the ideas before taking them to city council. >>> city leaders had plapped to talk about the use of body cameras -- planned to talk about the use of body cameras the day of the shooting and there are million questions. >> lawmakers are wondering what role the state should play in the body camera delight. steve sbraccia spent the afternoon when they explored the issue of body cameras. >> reporter: lawmakers called the session because they sigh say it needs to be explored nor.

donald trump for the violence. now his own deputies are in trouble for the arrest. "cbs north carolina"'s emma wright is in the studio with details. >> reporter: the sheriff says the deputies didn't act fast enough after a supporter punched a protester in the face, the whole thing caught on video. here's another look at what happened. the cumberland county sheriffs office says rakim jones was punched by 78-year-old john mcgraw. stairs during the trump rally. deputies initially grabbed jones after he was punched and took him to the ground. the sheriff has disciplined five of the deputies involved dmoating three in rank and suspending for a period of five days without pay. two others were suspended three days without pay. they will all be on probation for 12 months. shortly after the incident happened mcgraw talked about what happened. >> he deserved it. the next time we see him we might have to kill him. >> all right. mcgraw was eventually charged with punching jones in the face. he's due in court next month and coming up in our next half- hour, we'll hear from jones about what he says hap

north carolina. live in raleigh. >> a lot of issues on the ballot. >>> now in the race for the white house, there's quite a few delegates up for grabs. let's take a look. north carolina's not a winner take all state, so the delegate tally can be split. to make sure she gets the majority, hillary clinton made a quick stop in raleigh this morning. this was her second time in a week visiting our area. >> somebody might say well, my candidate is so far ahead i don't need to come out. everyone should come out. >> her husband and daughter also >>> meanwhile, bernie sanders was in chicago greeting people. sanders plans to watch the results in phoenix. >>> marco rubio is hoping to win his home state of florida. so far polls are showing that rubio is actually coming in third in his race. he spoke to a miami station about his place in the polls. >> polling is really skewed now with cell phones. you've got to put those aside and understand they're more often right than -- wrong than right these days. >> this may be the end of his run. >>> john kasich voted thrng in ohio. it is -- this morning.

housekeeping. >> it's like the accountants. i've got to talk about them. ohio and north carolina, closing. a lot of florida is closing in five seconds. and so we've seen states before that have stradled time zones, i'm trying to make it sexier. >> that was a good one. >> you may see some raw vote on the screen from florida. we are not recognizing. >> naked vote. >> the florida poll closing until an hour from now at 8:00 eastern. wow. when we will also have illinois and missouri, but everything that's going to happen, at least all of the exciting poll closings, are going to happen between now and an hour from now. >> that's right. we obviously don't know what's going to happen until it happens. we're led to believe by the polling, the data we've seen, we may have bunch of close races tonight. poll closing perhaps well before we're going to have a called winner in some of the races. but the florida and ohio results in particular are going to be more important than your usual state. not just because they're winner take all, and big piles of delegates, but they could spell an choice. watching

, happy friday for all of those folks who get to be off friday thanks for watching north carolina news, i'm bowen. >>> i'm stefan chase. alyssa corfont. >>> we expect to see cloudier conditions, those clouds rolled in throughout the overnight, for some of you as the sun was setting. what we are closely monitoring today, a few showers up north and west, a cold front that will drop across the area later today. with the cloudier conditions around this morning, temperatures the warmest they've been all week, well in the morning hours, 65 in raleigh, 65 in durham, 63 in lewisburg. so here is what you need to know later this afternoon we will look at a threat for you shower or two. back to 73 by 6:00 a.m. storm team forecast plus more ahead,. >>> let's check in with traffic, i 885 and club boulevard all cruising along at a pretty good speed, no delays on i-85 if this is along your morning commute. we have a few big events going on later today much let's highlight those and make sure you are planning accordingly, the sanders rally happens at noon today and it's right downtown. so if you are t

reasons to north carolina. opponents are concerned and the long run. >> polls open at 6:30 and close we've been telling you this for weeks but we want to remind you, you will need a photo id at the polls. we'll have you covered for all races on air and online. wncn.com scroll over the news tab and down to election 2016. >>> protesters storming the streets store or online protest the new building of the multimillion dollar home for the department. >> spoke to people why they're so against the plan. >> . >>reporter: more than 100 protesters marched onto west chapel hill street in front of the police headquarters. >> we want the city to divest police instead fund black futures. >> police officers stood by directing traffic around the protesters who are calling for less policing and justice for the group made multiple organizations and community members wants city counsel to take back plans to build new police headquarters on east main street that will cost over $71 million. a total that decreased from $81 million. >> mental health services, towards affordable housing. towards community

up in our next half hour at 5:30. i'm emma right, cbs north carolina. >>> people are also watching the governor's race closely. according to current polls it's likely pat mccrory will face both must get their party's nomination first. mccrory faces two challengers. >> both parties see the importance of their respective candidates. that means we will see a lot of the gubernatorial candidates and hear a lot as well. >> the race has the potential to be the most expensive in the country. >>> the stakes are high today in ohio and florida where john kasich and marco rubio desperately need to win their home state. the polls showed donald trump tied with the ohio governor and leading the florida senator. >> the democrats are neck and neck in illinois and bernie sanders is pushing really hard in the midwest. cbs's don champion reports now from miami. >> bernie sanders riled up supporters late last night in to victory. >> let us help lead the country to a political revolution. >> reporter: hoping to slow hillary clinton's momentum, sanders is looking for upsets in illinois, ohio, and month n

are in north carolina yesterday. all held events to try and get your vote today. >> together we can build a future that really is consistent with our values, what we want to achieve as a nation. >> when wall street was in trouble they got bailed out. now it is wall street's time to help the middle class. >> we will beat the democrats and we will beat hillary who is so flawed. >> having all three candidates in north carolina on the same day is rare and shows the state's growing profile in the campaign when the state moved it's primary this year from may to march it hoped to give voters a chance to be more relevant and it worked. >> whatever they can do to really get people pumped up to in this state. >> a battle ground state should lead to the presidential candidates in the election. >> they will also be weighing in on a bond package that will spend millions on state. $90million for a science lab at unc charlotte and will not require a tax increase. when you head out to the poll today you have to bring a photo id. a driver's license, passport or identification card. this will be the

. >>> now to campaign 2016, presidential candidates are turning their focus to north carolina voters. early voting is ongoing right now, and the primary is just a week away. on the republican side, they are vying to earn the support of 72 deal gates. donald trump's headed to fayetteville tomorrow and emma wright is in raleigh this morning where republican ted cruz is expected later today. tell us more, emma. expected here at the calvary baptist church in school. we're told he is going to get here around noon. it is free and open for the public. you do have to register online before you show up. they say if you register, you do want to show up about an hour early. ted cruz has been busy battling republican front-runner donald trump over the past few weeks. trails trail behind donald trump in most polls. he's leading up to into tuesday's primary. both candidates have been going head-to-head in various debates and been hitting the campaign trail where ted cruz says he has been very outspoken about what would happen to donald trump if he won the republican national convention. >> a bunch

are very high here, but again, the reverend william barber of the north carolina naacp is urging everyone to remain calm. he says they are going to have another community meeting this are going to discuss how the community is going to move forward. north carolina news, of course, is going to continue to follow this story. we'll have more on our web site, and of course, on the news at 5:00, 5:30, and 6:00. i'm emma wright, north carolina news. >> we also caught up with attorney general cooper and asked him about the officer- involved shooting. he called the situation a tragedy. >> i know it is horrific for people in the community when someone loses a life. it is clear that investigators and prosecutors should look at this matter thoroughly. >> cooper went on to say that authorities should take this case or the facts of the investigation -- should let this case for the facts and the investigation lead them. >>> and the shooting cut short a budget hearing. nancy macfarlane who says it's too soon to tell whether body cameras would have made a difference. >> it's certainly obviously w

>> thank you to the people of north carolina. this is the best of north carolina. >> governor pat mccrory celebrating two wins, the party nomination and the victory for the connect nc bond. >> it was a late night for a lot of people. good morning, i'm russ bowen. >> good morning, i'm stefan chase. first, let's find out about the forecast with alyssa corfont. >> good morning. we start off with clear skies this morning. a few more clouds could bring us the chance for a few showers. right now, no rain on our radar locally. the line of showers is moving across eastern portions of tennessee. as you can see, there's not a lot of moisture associated with that. let's talk about your temperatures. 59 in raleigh. 56 in durham. also in the low 50s along south hills and roanoke rapids. 60 in lillington, and 63 right now in pinehurst. keep in mind, the temperatures still dropping for the next few hours. 75 at lunchtime and then 84 our high. our record high for today, 86. so that could easily fall for some of you later today. we'll have a breakdown on when cooler air arrives coming up in your s

watching north carolina news. i'm russ bowen. >> good morning, russ. good morning to you as well. i'm stefan chase. let's get you to meteorologist alyssa core front and the beautiful color she's got on this morning. hopefully it will be a beautiful day as well. i'm ready for the high temperatures. the record is 86 degrees. we'll be close to that as we head into the afternoon. meantime, we're starting off with clear skies. back to our west, the faint line of showers is developing right ahead of a cold front. that will be moving into our overnight. we have a small threat for a shower or two later today. dry. we dropped back into the upper 50s. we're at 58 in raleigh. lillington, you are at 58. 80 for your high. the record 86 set in 1945. just a stray shower after 3:00. we're back to 80 by 6:00. right now, we send it over to kristin with the traffic. >> reporter: if you are hitting the roads right now, i-40 and aviation parkway, you can see the headlights, traffic's moving fine in both directions on 40 and most of the major thoroughfares are looking good as well. let's look at our traffi

avenue. >>> meanwhile, hillary clinton said she will campaign in north carolina this thursday. she did not announce where her stop will be, but plans to encourage early voting which lasts until march 12th. donald trump will be in north carolina this week as well, concord on wednesday. fayetteville. >>> he is stepping down and run for u.s. congress in the state's 13th district. our partners report mooresville resident had first considered the possibility after the north new maps following a court ordered redistricting. we told you last month north carolina lawmakers redrew the maps after federal judges ruled them unconstitutional. they said the lines had been >>> 6:09. resign. our partners report, the mayor tuesday. he said he is stepping down due to his health. >>> council will have to approve the mayor's replacement. >>> tar heel fans celebrated overnight after their big, big win over duke. thousands and thousands of fans flocked to franklin street after beating their arch rivals. thousands came out to rejoice and what has become a tradition of storming downtown chapel hill and us

north carolina of course plus florida and ohio, which could determine if the tracie potts is in washington this morning with a preview, plus reaction to those violent weekend protests in the trump campaign. >> reporter: bill and renee, good morning. good morning, everyone. there was a peaceful trump rally in florida last night where trump defended canceling his appear fence in chicago. five states vote tomorrow with hundreds of delegates at stake on both sides. florida and ohio, the biggest winners take all. donald trump's leading florida by double digits. >> i think we're going to do great in florida. >> reporter: he's in tampa ever a weekend of violent protests. bernie sanders denied any involvement. hillary clinton says trump is insighting them. >> he lit the fire and claims he shouldn't be held responsible responsible. >> reporter: clinton says foreign leaders are asking to endorse her to stop trump. she's also got a big lead in really needs the sunshine state. consequences. >> reporter: slamming trump as he continues his bus tour today. >> i believe we're rising. >> reporte

was born not as linda brent but as harriet jacobs in edenton, north carolina in 1813. her parents were slaves. but they were also, and i think you get a sense of this when she describes her childhood. her parents were skilled workers, which meant that especially her father had the opportunity to hire out their time and also to live somewhat independently from the slaveholders. her father was a carpenter. his independence meant he could have his children live at home with him, his children being harriet and her brother john, who was referred to as william in the narrative. he also residing close to them was harriet's maternal grandmother. her name was molly hornablow. i think she's aunt martha in the book. but her actual name was molly hornablow. she had a very kind of complicated history. she was freed during the revolution. then she was re-enslaved when she was captured during the revolutionary war. so she was one of those -- i think we talked about how during the american revolution some opportunities opened up for slaves to escape, to get their freedom. she was captured. she wa

no clouds here around central north carolina. we don't have to look farther to see the clouds, so right back to the west, and even snow across central portions of kentucky. nov expecting that snow in central north carolina but i am expecting extra clouds as we head throughout the day. let's talk about where it is now and it is at 29 in raleigh. 28 durham. 27 roxboro. mid-20s around south hill, henderson. around the sand hills, 31 fayetteville, 32 lillington and raeford, a very cold 30 degrees. here's the day in detail, out the door at 8:00 a.m., should be close to the freezing mark, today. 51 our afternoon high. year 59. pretty cloudy at sunset this evening, 46 by 6:00 p.m. i'll let you know exactly when some rain moves back into our area coming up in the complete storm team forecast. right now let's check traffic. street. pretty sleepy on this thursday, just a car or two out there on the roads. let's go ahead and check in with your live drive conditions. some speeds are keyed up coming into the durham area. on i-85 southbound that is moving about 71 miles per hour. if you're comi

carolina primary. thousands of north carolinians have switched political parties that they formally want is. more than 20,000 people changed party affiliations. does that surprise you? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: the bigger question, will we know the republican and democratic nominees for president if donald trump and hillary clinton secure or win all five if they do, they will have enough delegates for the nomination and the voting precincts will be open until 7:30. liz foster, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> and it's a big night. liz, thank you. voters will find party nomination races for governor and senate and the legislature. goff mccrory and pat cooper are considered favorites, and we caught up with governor mccrory as he voted. he made sure to have his id on hand today. he has been coming here to vote for nearly 30 years. >> i have been voting here for a long time and came out here at 31 years old and now at the see my name on the ballot. >> next at 6:00, we'll talk with the governor about what he is focused on most today. and we are looking at what will solidify their race to th

apartment complex for a little compassion. >> with no luck, he came to cbs north carolina for a little help. jonathan rodriguez has that story. reporter: i sat down with jack. he's got a terminal illness. he's on hos us and has nowhere to go. they want to raise his rent which is legal, but is it the right thing to do? take a look. >> i welcome death. it would be rest for me. reporter: 70-year-old jack is facing a battle. >> i feel like i've been living in a night hair and i can't wake up. i just can't wake up. >> it's not his severe heart or lung disease or the fact he may have less than six months to live. he can handle that. he's just afraid of losing his home. never, ever made it a secret to the office that i -- of my health condition and i was on hos advertise and that i was on a fixed income. reporter: for 14 years, he's never missed a payment, but his lease is up in may. he came home to this note saying his rent would be jumping up $145 a month, a payment he says he can't afford. >> the only thing that i could do is just ball up in the middle of the floor in a fetal position and ask g

than a week until the north carolina primary republican presidential frontrunner donald trump made a stop fayetteville. at the coliseum. >> and had plenty of hecklers. >> get her out! get her out! >> trump stopped his address more than a dozen times as those demonstrators stood up and protested his stance on a variety of issues. it's a stance though on the issues that has the supporters saying he's the right person to lead the country. many liked what trump said about his vision for the economy. >> for 40 years the jobs have been going in the wrong direction! we're going to be bringing jobs our way. going to bring them back! and we're going to bring them to north carolina. i can tell you that. >> democrat, republican candidates for the last 30 they are going to fix everything and they are scared of trump. >> he spoke about the military, foreign policy and stance on education, wanting to repeal common core. next heads to miami for tonight's republican presidential debate. >>> with less than a week to go to the north carolina primary marco rubio's campaign is making its home in wake co

. >> stefan was doing just that. he moved to north carolina with his wife but his college age kids and mom still live over seas so when word struck tuesday he tried not to panic. >> my first thought was for the victims and the families. and respect for my family--also for my family in brussels. >> he knew reaching his family by phone might be difficult so he was able to connect with his daughter immediately to find out she was okay. >> they were told to stay at home so they are happy about that. it's bad weather there so they will stay at home all day. >> as for his mom he was able to reach her by phone. >> how was your mom? glad to hear your voice today? >> yeah she was. yeah. >> i have a lot of friends there and i don't know yet if everybody's okay now. >> after the paris attacks in november his kids feared terror would cross country lines. >> they were not surprised. that's sad. >> a common feeling he says that shouldn't be there with brussels offering so much charm and taste. >> it's very safe. >> a belief tested tuesday. >> it's normally very safe. >> amazingly his brother's fianc

, north carolina highway patrol after trump canceled a rally in chicago when approaches got violent last week. the university tills us they are confident in the agencies and the public that all whether go well. >> they certainly never want to see anyone hurt or have those kinds of things happen at any event. we certainly don't want them here. but i have every confidence in our community that we will handle this whether you're pro-trump or anti-trump. that you will handle it with grace and be able to have open dialogue, which is what the university really wants to see happen. >> reporter: there is no question the anti-trump voice will be present. plans for peaceful protests are circling facebook, which some north carolinans tell me they hope will be allowed. >> he has a right to come, but i also have a right to protest. >> reporter: as for concerns from the community after violence at recent trump rallies, we got mixed reaction. >> no. none in hickory. >> i am not concerned. >> i wish he wouldn't come because of all the violence everywhere he seem to go. >> we reached out to trump's chang

>>> north carolina news at six starts now. >>> raleigh police are investigating after a fee girl was reportedly tied up during a home invasion. thank you for joining us. it happened about 3:30 this afternoon on grade astra court. carly is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: yeah. family members say that the teen is actually at the hospital tonight with her mother. they are doing okay. she was taken to the hospital after police say two men broke into the back door of the home and tied her up. we spoke to the mother about what she said happened. >> i find her in the closet taped to a chair on the floor. like just -- like someone threw her in there and closed the door. >> reporter: a shaken mother recounting how she said she found her 17-year-old daughter after a reported home invasion. raleigh police say they responded to the home around 3:30 p.m. they say that two men forced their way in through a back >> the door to the back is open and it's kicked down, like the creep is on the ground. >> reporter:ed mother said her mother face time aid friend while duct taped to a c

election. cbs north carolina's don champion is in miami with the latest on this huge primary day. >> reporter: voting is under way in five states across the country that could help determine who is in the running for the white house. bernie sanders campaigned in illinois one of three midwest states where he's looking to upset hillary clinton. >> let this great state help lead the country into a political -- >> reporter: but he faces an uphill battle of florida and north carolina where clinton holds a sizable lead. >> i am asking for your support. i would be honored to receive it. >> reporter: millions of votes have already been cast here in florida where on the republican side donald trump leads marco rubio 2-1 in polls. a trump win here will likely spell the end for rubio's campaign. >> don't stay home. make sure no one stays home. >> reporter: and thrust the billionaire candidate closer to locking up the republican nomination. >> he won't clinch, but he'll have a commanding lead in delegates and pittsburgh in a commanding position to -- and be in a commanding position to get th

reacting it. >>> good morning and thanks for watching north carolina news.>>> exchequer check current let's get a check of the traffic first. >> layers is the name of the game today. we are going to warm up a little bit this afternoon. there is nothing popping up on the radar. we're pretty quiet and that is how things are going to stay through the next several days. you're talking warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine. right now we're off to a cool 37 raleigh. 36 durham. many of us waking up to the temperatures in the mid and low 30s. 29 sanford. and roanoke rapids. an area of high pressure will build to the south. we can expect mostly sunny skies and a warmer afternoon. temperatures warming up into the mid-60s. if you clouds this morning. 40 degrees at admiral . 58 degrees at lunchtime. our high today 56 degrees. is feeling very springlike on the thermometer. let's get a check on the morning drive right now. we have no major issues to tell you about this morning. you are taking a live look at i 40 and new hope creek where you can see traffic moving smoothly . i do want to let you

efforts to court voters in north carolina ahead tomorrow's primary here. at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. democrat bernie sanders will be holding a rally at 1:30 at pnc music pavilion in charlotte and hillary clinton will make an appearance at grady cole center. doors open at 7:15. ted cruz was back in north carolina less than a week after making an appearance in he spoke to a crowd of his supporters at zmax yesterday. he's 90 votes ahead >> reporter: ted cruz had a message for north carolina voters. >> start your engines. >> for his rally at zmax motor speedway, people were revved up. >> going back to the constitution. >> emphasized stance on constitutional freedoms and jobs and national security to the crowd. who were on their feet throughout his speech. >> we'll repeal obama care, pass the flat tax, pull back regulation, the economy will explode, see millions of new jobs. trillions of new federal revenue and we will use that revenue to >> both cruz and supporters brought up donald trump. >> i was all on board for trump, then i, the more i learned about him the less i like him.