virginia the and our political analysts is here live to break down the numbers and look ahead to the presidential race in the in and how social media and technology could be turning the music industry into a do it yourself business right here in hampton roads the news starts now. a significant day in the race for the white house voters in eleven states including virginia making their picks for the presidential nominee side hillary clinton and donald trump claimed victories in virginia's presidential primaries. let's take a look at the numbers with nearly all precincts reporting clinton taking more than bernie sanders thirty five percent as i've said before for a presidential candidate to say this but i'm going to keep saying i believe what we need in america today is more love and time republican race was a lot closer. it was a fight between donald trump and marco rubio trump with nearly thirty five percent about three points more than rubio ted cruz trail with nearly seventeen percent. we have tremendous power over everybody because we are really the source we have great great power

virginia college students' murders to plead guilty. we'll tell you why. back on earth. after spending a year in space an american astronaut is back on solid ground. we have a lot of news to cover this morning. jen lewis is keeping an eye out on any problems on the road. and meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking some scattered showers this morning. jeremy. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: a few showers this morning. then partly cloudy and breezy. highs will be in the 50s early, but will drop to the clear. lows will be in the low 30s. winds north 8-12mph. thursday: partly cloudy. disturbance is bringing a few showers to the region this morning. they will move out later this morning. then we'll the upper 40s later this afternoon. winds will be strong out of the northwest. we'll be dry and chilly bring us a rain/snow mix. most of this will be rain or melting snow as temps will be above freezing. however, there may be some light accumulations on grassy areas just friday afternoon with highs in the 40s. we'll be dry and chilly again on saturday, but a little warmer on sund

at the democratic results in the virginia primary. hillary clinton with 64% of the vote and wide margin there in most counties. bernie sanders is only 35% of the vote. clinton gave a victory speech from florida where she focused on donald trump and the future. >> i believe deeply that if we resist the forces trying to drive us apart, we can come together to make this country work for everyone. the struggling, the striving and the successfuls. >> much more on the clinton big win last night including virginia in just a moment. [000:00:58;00] with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning once again, everybody. a very windy morning on the way today. potomac, not too many white caps this morning but that will not be the case later on today. rain drops still dealing with a little light rain in the immediate area, but the steady wet rains down over the south, southern st. mary's county, lower pat of the chesapeake bay. it's a moving trend but as the drier air comes in, it comes in with an incredibly powerful northwesterly wind. by 5:00, normally, i sho

virginia. i'm kyle benjamin. and i'm january keaton. super tuesday is here and wfxr news is your local election headquarters. primary voting across virginia has been open for a little over an hour. wfxr's paris holmes is live in has voter turnout been so far? go to virginia's donald newsroanoke, paris president. donald trump says around 3-thousand people watched his speech at radford university on monday, with thousands more waiting outside, hoping they made it in. during his speech, trump critcized his rivals, the press, plus china and mexico. the billionaire real estate mogul says he knows what it takes to create jobs, despite never holding public office. "i went to the wharton school of finance. good student, did all of that stuff. you all have good educations. some of you don't. you don't need education to know this. we lost our jobs, we lose our money, we lose everything." trump continues to hold a strong lead in a cnn-orc national poll. trump with 49-percent, marco rubio in second with 16-percent and ted hillary clinton continuing to hold the lead. she's at 55- percent. bernie sa

down those numbers. here's why your vote is so important tonight. virginia is just one of 13 states-- including alaska and american samoa-- going to the polls and caucusing today. hundreds of delegates are at stake-- and could help the candidates make some major decisions in the morning. team coverage starts on the republican side. here's a look at the current standings in virginia for the remaining candidates: businessman donald trump, florida senator marco rubio, texas senator ted cruz, ohio governor john kasich and doctor ben carson. it's official: virginia republicans have chosen donald trump as their pick for presidential candidate. he just addressed his supporters from his headquarters in palm that's just spectacular a some people who helped make that win possible have been watching the results in virginia beach. 10 on your side's andy fox is right there with them. andy-- what are they saying? im andy fox at pembroke pizza where trump supporters were gathered there was pizza, beer, and a lot of donald trump at pembroke pizza and even more cheer when trump took virginia (sot) a

virginia." governors douglas wilder, the uniting 89 what happened? >> my life was changed considerably. the people of virginia decided that they would change the perception of virginia by electing me the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> what was historic about that? >> well, a person of color had never been elected to the governorship of any state in the history of this country. there were some who felt it might not happen. i think one of the things i like to stress is that people say we are surprised it would be in virginia. i said why would you be surprised? because virginia was where the nation was founded. virginia was where the nation's founded independence from great britain in yorktown. virginia was where generally lay down his arms to unify the nation, so why shouldn't virginia continue? i think it's more a testament to the people of virginia van to me because it says what are still going to be in the forefront and they proved it. >> where were you born speak was born in richmond, virginia. my family had only one home during that entire time. my father built the hou

2016 team coverage tonight in alexandria, virginia. jeff? jeff: well, traffic is picking up here at the george washington middle school near old town. a lot of people trying to get in the vote before the 7:00 closing happens. a lot of people finishing up work. in alexandria the turn-out is 24 to 25%. the same situation in arlington. in fairfax county, the current turn-out at 32%. many of those voters had strong opinions on where this race stands. in a state that will be critical to pick the next president, virginia voters are well aware the primary votes matter, too. among the democrats recent polls shows hillary clinton with a commanding double-digit lead in the commonwealth. >> she seems like an honest person. jeff: but bernie sanders supporters are passionate and committed. >> we need strong effective change. jeff: on the republican side, donald trump is well ahead of marco despite loyal backing from their volters. >> i feel like we need someone to bring back strong american values. >> trump. >> why? >> i like him. jeff: some g.o.p. leaders are expressing serious doubts about tru

the northern virginia mental health institute in falls church. michael marshall went missing around 6:00 last night. police say he is known to exhibit violent behavior. he's believed to have ties with the centreville area and sterling area. if you do see him, contact police, but do not approach him. >>> and working to learn more about a person found dead in a fire in the district. the house went up in flames around 8:00 last night on police are not releasing the victim's name or any details about how the person died. but as soon as we get more information, we'll have it hear and on nbc washington's app. >>> a task force set up to make sure students are not abused starts work today in prince george's county. you remember dioneonte carraways been charged with sexually abusing as many as 17 children. the task force will review the school district's safety and security policies and decide what needs to be changed. the group sxegexpects to have r by may. the indictment engages that carraway engaged with graphic sex acts with at least 11 victims. he faces 13 counts of abusing children. and

the republican side. here's a look at the current standings in virginia for the remaining candidates: businessman donald trump, florida senator marco rubio, texas senator ted cruz, ohio governor john carson. it's official: virginia republicans have chosen donald trump as their pick for presidential candidate. he just addressed his supporters from his headquarters in palm beach, florida. feeds 21;41;19 the virginia win was just a great win it's a place that's just spectacular a place we have big investments in. some of the folks who helped make that win possible have been watching the results in virginia beach. 10 on your side's andy fox is right there with them. andy-- what are they saying? im andy fox at pembroke pizza where trump there was pizza, beer, and a lot of donald trump at pembroke pizza and even more cheer when trump took virginia (sot) a diverse crowd, latinos for trump maria sanchez-93 years old (14:05 43) ((i like immigrants to come here paper job come in legally)) runs: 08 ((i like immigrants to come here paper job come in legally)) runs: 08 eli valentine li

shooting and killing a man who was holding a knife and today's the big day where live in virginia beach with what's at stake in virginia's primary election what you need to know before you cast your ballot still good tuesday morning super tuesday if you well this is thirteen years now. at daybreak and lucy bustamante by monterey senior is four thirty on the dot will be sunny and warm as you head out to vote today absolutely meteorologist greg muller is tracking a drop in temperatures though but the second half until later this week raking well the cooler air is going to move in ye thursday and friday highs in the mid forties to upper forties so that'll be a lot cooler today we're still going to be warm in the mid to upper sixties tomorrow mid fifties with a trend it down in the next couple days right now the visibility is good for downtown norfolk it's a nice start the day when gus not an issue remember how when it was yesterday morning all that has settled down to chilly for the inland areas with temperatures in the lower to mid forties closer to the coast but those in when there

projects we win his home state of vermont. hillary clinton wins two states, georgia and virginia. bernie sanders wins vermont. let's go to the key race alert right now. hillary clinton as we reported, hillary clinton wins georgia and virginia. just want to be precise based on our projection, based on the exit poll information. the other information we're getting, bernie sanders wins his home state of vermont. we have a key race alert now. exit poll results that we're getting in. the results in virginia, first of all, in georgia, take a look at this. based on early estimats, georgia, donald trump 40%, ted cruz 24%, marco rubio 23%. in virginia, donald trump 34%, marco rubio 31%, ted cruz, he's down at 16%. these are exit poll results based on early information we're getting in from the exit polls. we have early leaders as well in vermont. the early leaders in vermont, look at this, on the republican side, donald trump and john kasich. they are both early leaders in vermont. let's once again recap where we stand right now. hillary clinton wins georgia and virginia based on our projections.

this lortol mo virginia. 6,000 block of river drive, this is in lorton, virginia. police describing it deceased man with upper body trauma. they tweeted asking people to stay indoors. police are there, we've can got megan mcgrath also there on the scene. as soon as we can get a live picture from her, we'll be able to bring you the latest from the scene. we expect to have that within the next half hour. so stay with us as we continue to follow this developing situation out of lorton, virginia. a death investigation understand way there right now. >>> today nancy reagan will be laid to rest next to her husband in california. relatives of every president dating back to jfk will attend her funeral. >> they will include might mich george w. bush and his wife, laura, nancy reagan's two children will speak also with tom brokaw. nancy reagan is said to have planned every detail of her funeral. >> a love story for the ages, that and he you how a rm forebutler remembers nancy and ronald. >> he worked at the white house from 198 respected her role but her love for her husband was first. >> it was

virginia tech does you take the three and miss it, presents transition opportunity and bojanovsky just can't get himself organized fast enough. how many times did he turn come down the court to find seth allen, allen taking advantage and drawing the foul. >> tim: that shot is what enabled them a transition opportunity. the lead now up to 14. >> debbie: there is >> dan: there is plenty of time. georgia tech came back after being down 18 points at 8:30. >> tim: striking similarities with the game earlier tonight. what a massive turn of devin wilson will get that foul. >> dan: virginia tech has been on the attack so much in this half, they are already in the double bonus. florida state now is just getting in the one and one. that is what happens when you attack the basket that is why florida state -- >> tim: benji bell at the free-throw line. hard luck with that area. >> dan: bell is a 358% shooter. now youfree-throw shooter. now you have to get some steps. >> tim: wilson rolls to the cup. 74-58. largest lead of the night. when they move the ball from side-to-side without fouling. >> tim:

. >> and, tonight, virginia voters, they've spoken. the democratic race was called early for hillary clinton today. but the race was much tighter on the republican side with donald trump, marco rubio and record turnout. >> here's a look at the latest numbers. you can see donald trump leads with 35 pnt of the vote. >> on the dechl cattic side, clinton leading. al looking ahead to another big night on the primary calendar, that is march 15th. and while she did not mention trump by name tonight, make no mistake, her remarks were pointed straight at him. >> stakes in this election have never been higher. and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower. trying to divide america between us and them is wrong. and we're not going to let it work. >> virginia just one part of the story. and the election map is changing. we'll show you who's leading across the nation in just a moment. but, first, the common welt and the reaction to tonight's results. >> we have supertuesday deep coverage for you tonight. >> no question, jim. and while trump is certainly going to get the wi

story of the night is a dominate donald trump, racking up six wins including virginia, with a lot of states still counting votes. tonight, he's trying to claim to his party's presumptive nominee. >> reporter: in an unconventional news conference at his private florida club, donald trump kicked off his victory. georgia, alabama, massachusetts, tennessee, -- [ applause ] -- virginia, and you know, these are amazing states. >> reporter: he tried to turn the page on the primary campaign, focusing his attention on hillary clinton. >> once we get all of this finished, i'm going to go after one person, and that's hillary clinton, on the assumption she's allowed to run. >> reporter: the biggest prize of the night eluded trump as cruz won his self-described alamo and won by a comfortable margin. he picked up oklahoma, too. >> we are the only campaign who has beaten donald trump, once, twice -- [ cheers ] three times! [ cheers ] >> repor double-digit gap between trump and himself but failed to get the victory. tonight he dug down in florida. >> there's no place that understands the american dr

virginia that doesn't appear to be reaching the ground and out here from hampton roads northeast snow showing up that is of evaporating or at least a sub or maybe is the official term before it reaches the earth's surface. how much rain are we going to get with this system quite a bit it will move in tonight and then through the day tomorrow we're going to continue to watch for rain i think these amounts are a little too low. we're going to be talking at least an inch i think in a number of areas here from south side she get farther north you're going to see a little bit more of the rain and snow mix so here's what we're thinking currently talking about it for the last few days no real change in the thinking mainly rain with maybe some snow mixed in at times here cross outside but because it'll be very wet. the temperatures have been warm lately. it'll be well above freezing unless it were to come down really hard it would be hard to get much of any kind of an accumulation here to start getting up onto the peninsula and then especially from williamsburg north and west that three of th

gray, 10 on your side. it's decision day for virginia voters. people across hampton roads have been heading to the polls all day. expected to be higher this election cycle. here's ten on your side's erin kelly in virginia beach. we are at windsor woods elementary school -- precinct 13. we've seen a steady stream of people here with less than 2 hours until polls close. earlier today we were at precinct 92 -- little neck. by 1pm, they had a turnout of about 23% with more than 400 voters. the registrar's office says they had no issues. we talked to a first time voter who was casting her ballot. molly rumble - voter it's kind of our you don't really have a place to complain about what the outcomes are. the registrar's office says the last time we had a dual primary, the turnout for all of virginia beach was about 32%. for the general election -- the turnout is between 65 and 70 percent. that's the latest in virginia beach, erin kelly, 10 on your side. so far then, not the high turnout that we had expected, but there is still time, more about what's driving people to the polls or maybe k

professor jonathan liam's car to grab a map illustrates virginia not by real geographic lines but how the population centers actually vote. it's a lot of blue especially in northern virginia in this business as it has a white candidate to be where they fit the three main centers of population really lost it was all part of our freewheeling super tuesday conversation among sects political thinkers at old dominion university the consensus was that donald trump and hillary clinton will almost assuredly win it today in virginia professor shi ni de brasil to discuss why clinton is so popular among african americans. she captured eighty six percent of the black vote in south carolina so this may explain why african american voters may support clinton as they see harrison more viable candidate. one subject that came up again and again trumped kaufman lecturer history professor and former whitehurst made clear he dislikes trumps combative style he said he's voting for john k six will fail us a show some intelligence iq by professor joshua singer said trump has tapped into a dissatisfactio

trump on the stump.sot:as the presidential hopeful tries to win over virginia voters--nats chanting black lives matter. protesters interrupted-- and a member of the media battles with a secret service agent. details on what lead to the violent take down.alsofallen hero:sot: i always call this an officer's worse nightmare.a rookie virginia police officer- killed in the line of duty.how the community is honoring her.alsosize matters subway settles a class action lawsuit.why workers may pull out a ruler next time you count down to super tuesday - at your local election headquarters.virginia polling places will open at 7 o'clock tomorrow morningthe candidates are crisscrossing the state trying to gain last minute support.turn to 1 shotrepublican front runner donald trump held a rally today in radford.thousands packed into the dedmon center to hear him speak. but things out heated when protesters clashed both inside and outside of the stadium. 27-3548-521:22-1:30 where ever trump stumps... the crowd will follow. "is it fun to be at a trump rally"the line to get inside of his campaign eve

county and prince william county may be the most highly contested in the state today. virginia has a uniquely diverse electorate. it could signaturekocould sugge. polling places have baby busy setting up and getting ready for the morning rush. meagan fitzgerald is live in fairfax county with what voters need to know. >> reporter: lines started forming before the polls even opened at 6:00 which is just a couple minutes ago. you can see folks are waiting outside. this is something that you're probably going to see throughout the day especially here at the lake braddock second deary scho. this is a busy polling location and we're expecting an even bigger it uppoturn outbecause w supposed to get good weather. some important information that you you need to know, first, the i.d.s. you need to come with any i.d. that has been issued by the commonwealth. p p so driver's license, passport, student i.d. for more information on finding polling places, you can go to elections.virgin elections.virgin elections.virginia.gov. when you show up to vote, you will show your i.d. at the front, you will

virginia beach boardwalk. just take a look at those waves crashing on the sand. high tide was this afternoon. and wind gusts could reach 45 miles per hour. it could be dangerous out on the water today -- mariners may want to stay ashore. meteorologist ashley baylor is in the super doppler 10 weather center with our first forecast. ashley, will strong winds last through our weekend? tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: mid-30s. winds:n 5-15 mph. saturday: partly sunny. upper-40s. winds: calm. sunday: some early morning showers, then increasing sunshine. highs: near 50. winds: n 5-15 mph. ick....not exactly the nicest end to the week! dry, but cloudy conditions through the afternoon. the wind certainly hasn't helped anything - it kept temperatures in the in the upper-30s and low-40s. this evening, the clouds will gradually break apart. overnight, expect decreasing clouds with lows in the mid-30s by tomorrow morning. we'll start with a decent amount of sunshine tomorrow, but more clouds will fill in as a quick-moving clipper great lakes. it won't be sunday with highs near 50. next week i

is what i will work on every single day clinton was introduced by virginia's governor terry mcauliffe. the first thing he pointed out to the crowd was, clinton is spending the monday before super tuesday in virginia. she made very few references to other presidential candidates. in fact, she only called senator bernie sanders, "my opponent," when talking about paying for higher education and gun laws. and here is how she referenced donald trump when talking about the war on terror. c40 4:48:13 - it's hard putting together a coalition to defeat isis and these other terrorist groups. we need to have a coalition that includes muslim nations, don't we? right? so when you have a leading candidate for president on the republican side who insults every body ,including muslims, that makes the job a little harder. it's not only offensive, it's dangerous. it matters what you say when you run for president. and it really matters if you are a the lake taylor gym was told more than 14-hundred people were there. as were a handful of local political leaders. all sharing the same super tuesday. liz p

facility. more on the payload home-school students in virginia won )t be playing sports with their public school peers after the governor recently vetoed a bill that would allow it. newschannel three s brian hill spoke with students and parents about how this impacts a student s education. he brings us with the story - new at 5. eight grade homeschool student solomon ashby has been playing sports on community teams for years ... but hung up his gear at the end of last year. "they re harder to find. they may not be as big, might be as well know, might not have as many games and might not be as associated well with the community." those reasons are why solomon was upset governor terry mcauliffe vetoed a bill allowing homeschool students to play sports at public schools. "i think the benefits would be more time so spectators and you. that way homeschool kids get about the same amount of opportunities as public school kids." the governor vetoed the popular bill with this statement saying in part quote : allowing home- schooled students to participate in interscholastic competitions would disr

jefferson county along the border between maryland and virginia, have been in harper's ferry, have been in charlestown, they have been witness to the actual execution, which occurred a few days ago. but you know what's interest interesting is that even with that execution and now brown dead, you do not feel any safety. you do not feel any more secure. you discovered you are on the border of what appears to be a war. what appears to be a war that's been launched against you with you as the target. and what's interesting about this war is that the outsiders are americans. they are us. they are who we are. yes, you have been attacked by fellow americans. 150 years ago. now, what i want to do this evening is something i almost never do. i almost never use notes. we have friends here from c-span this evening, and as we were getting set up, i asked them if it would be okay if i move around a little bit because i don't like lecturns, i don't like to stand behind a lecturn. that's not my style. most of you who know me know that's not how i leak to give a presentati presentation. but what's impo

. virginia is one of 12 states where voters are making their choice this super tuesday. >> we have live team coverage beginning with northern virginia burg reporter david culver who is in bristow tonight, talking with voters as they leave the polling place. >> voters in virginia could heavily influence this race. >> you know what, that's right. and voters in virginia, the commonwealth tell me they've seen iowa go through it, nw hampshire, south carolina and now virginians have their chance to cast their ballot. it's been interesting, over the past several days, i've talked to several different voters, and most carry this frustration with their options. they don't like their choices for the most part. yet they're still showing up here at the polls, where we are in bristow virginia, in prince william county and have to narrow it down to one choice. >> we caught one norine blackford. >> have you been trying to figure out which candidate matters to you? >> i think i'm going to go with trump. >> gary miller tired with the process, the lack of options, despite many candidates on the ball

in georgia. nbc news projects donald trump wins in georgia. in virginia, republican side the race is too close to call but based on early exit polls, trump and rubio are vying for first place. again, that's virginia. in vermont, republican race too early to call. let's look at the democrats now. in georgia, nbc news projects hillary clinton is the winner in georgia. in virginia, nbc news again projects hillary clinton will win. vermont, bernie sanders' home state, we project he will win in vermont. bernie sanders wins the vermont democratic primary. chuck todd is with me right now. your first thoughts as the evening begins? >> i think the bill surprise is virginia republicans, too close to call, good news for marco rubio. if there was a state that he had a shot at winning it was virginia. moderate electorate. anybody can vote in the primary and there's a lot of evidence a lot of democrats may have turned out to help rubio in virginia. so a big deal. if you're ted cruz and marco rubio you're not happy about that georgia result. the fact that we could call that poll closed that's a big

numbers to vote. and where is virginia gray, family members of the beloved grandmother have serging for her after they say someone else's body ended up in her casket. . >>> and babies combatting bullying. the unique experience students are getting. >>> first, it was a huge week in virginia where super tuesday brought a record turnout in the commonwealth. every republican primary or caucus has seen record voters casts ball lots in the republican primary. that shattered the record from 16 years ago where a little more than 650,000 people voted. the huge turnout brought a surprising close result at least on the republican side. donald trump won the state with 35% of the vote with marco rubio with 32%. for democrats, hillary clinton won with 64% of the vote to b n bernie sanders 35%. we break down the numbers. >> democratic governor celebrating a decisive hillary clinton win in virginia. but when all of the ball lots were counted, turns out republican candidates had plenty to celebrate too. a new record turnout. democrats shattered it in 2008 when they backed barack obama's candidacy. n

virginia to decide who they want to represent their party in the race for president. as voters in roanoke city head out to the polls today.. they can expect some changes -- especially in where they go to vote. wsls ten's erin brookshier joins us now live. tell us about the new voting locations.### the polls are set to open in less and this morning, many voters in roanoke city are getting ready to head out to a new polling location. this is the first election that the "voter precinct realignment" project will be in place. at its highest level.. the city of roanoke was made up of thirty-two precincts.. with thirty-two different polling locations. on election day, some of those polling places would be very busy.. with extremely long lines.. and other locations would not be busy at all. now the region has been re- districted into twenty-one precincts.. in an effort to even out the number of people voting at each location. the premise behind looking at precinct realignment is looking at how we can improve voting for voters and we realized there was a big disparity of the number of registered v

left now until the polls close here, many have their eye on virginia. as one of the first signs of how this night may play out. our coverage continues now with bureau reporter david culver in bristow, virginia. what's the sense you're getting from people coming out of the polling places? >> doreen, it's interesting, over the past several days i've in the commonwealth of virginia. you can get the sense early on in the past two or three days that they were still mostly undecided. what's interesting is many of still undecided even as they walk up to the doors of polling stations like this one here in bristow, virginia. they say one guy telling me he wishes there was none of the above box they could check. i asked them why. for them they say it's the campaign rhetoric, they can't believe it's only march and there's eight more months of this until the general election. 251 days, i looked at a countdown to election day. thatter worried that this kind of back and forth they're going to continue to hear throughout the election process and they're wondering when they can finally get down to

in georgia. nbc news projects donald trump wins in georgia. in virginia, republican side the race is too close to call but and rubio are vying for first place. again, that's virginia. in vermont, republican race too early to call. let's look at the democrats now. in georgia, nbc news projects hillary clinton is the winner in georgia. in virginia, nbc news again projects hillary clinton will win. vermont, bernie sanders' home state, we project he will win in vermont. bernie sanders wins the vermont democratic primary. chuck todd is with me right now. your first thoughts as the evening begins? >> i think the bill surprise is virginia republicans, too close to call, good news for marco rubio. if there was a state that he had a shot at winning it was virginia. moderate electorate. anybody can vote in the primary and there's a lot of evidence a lot of democrats may have turned out to help rubio in virginia. so a big deal. if you're ted cruz and marco rubio you're not happy about that georgia result. poll closed that's a big win for trump, a premonition of what arkansas and alabama could l

matthew his cases brought shock across virginia and the nation today matthew entered guilty pleas in both murder and abduction cases of virginia tech student morgan harrington and uva student hannah graham now matthew no longer faces a possible death penalty. reporter marcella robertson brings us today's developments from court in charlottesville and marcel it the families of the victims yes i was such an emotional day in court today we heard from the harrington from the grands and they were surrounded by their friends and family as a judge handed down the sentence to death in matthew today sensing the four life terms in prison for his crimes against morgan harrington and hannah graham now is part of this a plea agreement matthew or pled guilty to two of first degree murder charges to abduction with intent to file charges and he was facing the death penalty as you mentioned in the case of hannah graham but as part of that deal that has now been taken off the table now in court today during season grams victim impact statement she called her daughter a heroine who helped change the wo

system did to virginia's farm industry. the virginia farm bureau says its gotten 126 claims totaling $1-point-6 million dollars. chopper 10 was above the damage in waverly. the tornadoes killed five people in virginia, including three in waverly. in essex county, the virginia department of forestry says the storm caused about $750-thousand dollars in damage to timber alone. only on 10, a newport news school bus driver is accused of attacking a this cell phone video allegedly shows 58- year-old john hopkins hitting and choking a 12-year-old boy. you can also see the student hitting back. we've decided to blur his face. police say it happened wednesday afternoon. a school spokeswoman says surveillance video from the school bus shows the crittenden middle school student acting inappropriately before hopkins pulled over and got physical. c10 01:08:00 "i mean by he doesn't need to put his hands on the child but it also looked like he was trying to protect himself from the child swinging at him." school administrators put hopkins on administrative leave. the student is facing a long-term s

, right. you may soon have that choice at starbucks if you live near northern virginia. according to loudoun, the company has applied for beer and wine permanents. two have been granted licenses one in purse sellville, another inside of dulles airport. there's no word on when the sale of alcohol may start. >> you'll have the glass here and cabernet here. can you mix it up? >> you'll be mellowed up and jammed up at the same time. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> what a super tuesday! >> forget super look what the election day may look like. this morning, hillary clinton and donald trump are savoring a sweep in several states. >> and we know we've got work to do. but that work, that work is not to make america great again, america never stopped being great, we -- we have to make america whole. >> but the apparent front-runners aren't wasting anytime taking swings at each other. >> she wants to make america whole again. i'm trying to figure out what is that all about? make america great again is going to be much better than making america whole again. >>> good morn

of a well traveled virginia beach road can be a bumpy ride. but now some relief is here to make your commute a little smoother. and time is running out to cast your ballot. newschannel three is live for super tuesday bringing you all the latest as candidates make the final push for the presidential nomination. good evening and welcome to newschannel three at six. i m beverly kidd. and i m kurt williams. voters in virginia have less than an hour left to cast their ballots before the polls close for super tuesday. today could have the potential to decide who will be the nominee for each party. donald trump and hillary clinton are forecasted to come out on top -- according to a recent poll by c-n-u. there s still time to cast your ballot -- polls close at seven p-m tonight. and some voters in virginia beach are being asked to sign a petition when they head to the polls today. its an attempt to get the issue of light rail on the november ballot. newschannel 3s erica greenway is live in virginia beach with more. volunteers are set up at about across the city. this poll - at college park e

for now at 5:30... townhouse transition. virginia beach city coucil has approved a plan to turn a townhouse in the lake edward community into a community hub. it will be called "the spot." officials say the idea is to create a safe place for people to gather and have activities that will improve their lives. but not everyone supports the idea. 10 on your side's brandi cummings is live in the newsroom with all sides of this story. "the spot" is a place where children can be mentored, tutored,,,, there can be spoken word events and even book club gatherings there. there is no cost to tax payers, but not every neighbor we spoke to says she supports it. outside looks like a typical townhome...but this is the future place for "the spot." sot - jessica guglielmo, vb community development corporation - clip 24 5:36:59 we are so excited. this is a great day 5:37:02 looking inside...nothing has changed yet. but a few months will make the difference. sot - jessica guglielmo, vb community development corporation - clip 22 5:33:26 we're hoping to transform this space into a meeting area. 5:33

dozen states are in court. a challenge to virginia' s law went to court monday. kirkpatrick says that with appeals, the cases could take years to decide, so many people in the 2016 voting cycle will not even have the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right. ultimately, they could be decided here at the supreme court. m diane roberts. ,fernando: i am joined by ken cuccinelli. he is the former attorney general of virginia. sir, welcome to the program. ken: good to be with you. ve been a big advocate for voter id laws. have you ever found a case of voter fraud? ken: oh, yeah. was one of the things that we dealt with. and, yes, we have a regular flow of voter fraud cases and there are 3 parts to fraud analysis. one is registration. one is the actual voting, do you use a voter id, don' t you, those kinds of things. and the third is enforcement, when you do have problems. and s. and there is, i find, an overwhelming focus on the voting, voter id, and so forth. but, in virginia, by way of example, we have very little resources dedicated to enforcement, very little, and also there

coverage starts now the breaking news the virginia beach an ems vehicle collided with a car this happened at the intersection of north mall drive in lynn haven that scene jenny looking fellas will lose even if the house and here is ryan's wife by looking at the damage on that wii on the vehicles you can see that umass me of what looked like it was pushed onto the median in front and that damn bird smashed and you can see right now they're just throwing away the vehicles a dodge intrepid there you can see from this side but the other side the passenger side was completely crushed the passenger in that vehicle suffered serious life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital the driver was also taken to hospital but thankfully that driver only suffered non life threatening injuries police say that there was only one person driving the ems vehicle at the time that person was not taken to the hospital and is gonna be okay. investigators have been out here for hours trying to piece together exactly what happened so far we know that this dodge intrepid was trying to make a left

today in court. plus, hillary clinton and donald trump take virginia in the super tuesday election. we'll show you how all the candidates for president did in hampton roads. and a little boy is lucky to be alive, all because he moved his bed! we'll explain, a little later. good wednesday morning. we have a lot of news to get you caught up on. we'll have all the headlines in just a moment. but we need to start with meteorologist jeremy wheeler who's talking about rain for the morning ride to work or school. jeremy. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: a few showers this morning. then partly cloudy and breezy. highs will be in the 50s early, 30mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 30s. winds north 8-12mph. thursday: partly cloudy. chilly. highs will be in the mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. a weak disturbance is bringing a few showers to the region this morning. they will move out later this morning. then we'll see partly cloudy skies and chilly conditions. mild, but will fall to be dry and chilly tomorrow with highs in the 40s. thursday night a weak system will move thr

and republican races for the presidential nomination. polls open here in virginia at 6:00 in the morning. and make sure you bring a photo i.d. virginia has a diverse collection of voters. political experts say it is america in miniature meaning a win in virginia could suggest a win later on. now, the latest polls have hillary leading the democratic race in virginia and she could win up to 95 and 14 superdelegates today. democratic candidates need nearly 2400 delegates to qualify for nomination. to the gop now where donald trump has a hold on the lead right now, 49 delegates are up for grabs available to the republicans right now. gop candidate needs more than 1200 more delegates for qualify for the party's nomination. you can expect full lunch from t coverage from nbc. we'll spend an hour long edition of "nightly news." lester holt, savannah guthrie and chuck todd will be back at 10:00 tonight with update on races and the results. and virginia is covered with team coverage live from northern virginia at 11:00 p.m. >>> and you'll probably want the heat on in the car when you drive

trial is set for may but his attorney is trying to push back that date at the polls in virginia beach today people collected signatures for petition to get a light rail referendum on the november ballot in a twenty twelve referendum voters supported expanding the rail service but opponents of light rail say another referendum is needed before council commits close at seven even counted thirteen is now to update our website with the latest results then be sure to watch thirteen is now at eleven for reaction from the winners police are now investigating a death in some thick as a homicide. now we know that the victim is forty two year old wayne walk for officers found him dead on hill road after one o'clock this morning investigators need your help they ask anyone with any information to call the crime line. there isn't up to one thousand dollars reward if that tip leads to an arrest tonight in eighty eight year old woman is dead after a serious crash in virginia beach involving an ems truck we broke the news of this accident of thirty news now at new jimmy lee is live near the lynn hav

challenger bernie sanders 38% the cbs poll shows an even virginia... she leads sanders 59 to 39 percent. with warm and mainly dry weather in the forecast, mother nature shouldn't cause voters any trouble today across the commonwealth. however, nice weather during the virginia primaries hasn't always led to high voter turnout in the past. wfxr's taylor kanost is live in roanoke county to explain. hey kyle. you would think this warm weather would encourage voters to head to the polls today, but as you mentioned there really hasn't been much of a correlation in recent years between nice weather and high voter turnout. during the last virginia republican primary in 2012, only 265,000 virginians voted despite the fact that conditions were dry and seasonably warm. meanwhile, in 2008, conditions were cool and damp with even a little bit of snow on the roads, but that didn't stop over a million virginians from voting in the republican and democratic primaries. now, obviously there were likely other factors that contributed to those turnout numbers so we can't necessarily make a blanket statemen

alexandria, virginia. 3 super tuesday is here?the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election.voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16- hundred and 10 delegates at stake.hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination.cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights."ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nominationnats rubio rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?.but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?ma rched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating.sot hrc "america's already great- m

virginia republicans, too close to call, good news for marco rubio. if there was a state that he had a shot at winning it was virginia. moderate electorate. anybody can vote in the primary and there's a lot of evidence a lot of democrats may have turned out to help rubio in virginia. so a big deal. if you're ted cruz and marco rubio you're not happy about that georgia result. the fact that we could call that poll closed that's a big win for trump, a premonition of what arkansas and alabama could look like. >> we'll be looking at four more states. we'll have closings coming up at 8:00 eastern time. and of course we'll be back on as we characterize those races for you. you see alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, tennessee will be up next. i'm lester holt at nbc news we'll see you a bit later on. >>> we are back with our continueing "nightly news" coverage of this super tuesday. the polls have closed in georgia, vermont, virginia. you've seen the results. let's get to nbc's kristen welker with the clinton campaign in miami. what's the latest from there? >> reporter: the crowd erupting

winners, trump and clinton, both winning virginia. trump spoke a short time ago with chris christie at his side with a positive message for the gop. mr,. trump: we will be more unified and a much bigger party and i think we will win in november. leon: seven races are yet to be called. , theny recent years candidate who won super tuesday went on to win the nomination. is this a done deal? alison: we have team coverage of every angle, watching the situation across all voting states, counting delegates. we start in virginia. tom roussey is live at a republican watch party. tom? alison the party is winding down, but there were a lot of people here earlier. this video shows the high interest in the race, so many republicans coming up to watch tonight, although donald trump narrowly won the state of virginia. this was a rubio crowd, winning arlington and alexandria han dily, winning fairfax county and loudoun county. the reason donald trump won the of the restwon much of the stay, including small towns and rural areas. because weirginia need somebody strong on national security and immigrati

cummings in virginia beach with details on what's going to happen to this townhome after council members voted last night. i'm lex gray in virginia beach, where an 88-year- old woman died after a crash with an ems vehicle. what we're still working to learn today. tonight: mainly clear sky. lows near the freezing mark. wind: n 5-10mph. first at 4: jesse matthew junior will never get out of prison. today --- he pleaded guilty to the murder and abduction of college students hannah graham and morgan harrington. a judge sentenced matthew to four consecutive life terms . the plea deal kept him from facing the death penalty. 10 on your side's erin kelly was one of just a few reporters who inside the packed courtroom. the families of graham and harrington had their first opportunity today to tell the judge what jesse matthew took from them. matthew looked down - as they talked about the abduction and murder of their young daughters and what life has been like since losing them. 18-year-old hannah graham was a uva student who disappeared in september 2014. police found her remains the nex

uva student who disappeared in september 2014. harrington was a virginia tech student who vanished in october 2009 after attending a concert at u-v-a. her mother gil says this outcome is the most compassionate for families because it has accountability, adding- "to go through two long trials for someone who already has three life sentences is not the best use of the commonwealth's resources." matthew is already serving life in prison for a fairfax county learned the naacp in roanoke is holding a preconference tomorrow over an officer-involved shooting that killed a black teenager. chapter president brenda hale says she is extremely concerned with the way the investigation is being handled. 18-year-old kionte spencer was shot and killed by police on friday in roanoke county. today, police showed a picture of spencer walking along route 419 near cave spring corners. they say he has a gun in his hand. the investigation has revealed it was a b-gun, but it looks similar to a 9 millimeter handgun. roanoke county's police chief says two attempts to tase spencer were ineffective. after tha

acknowledging to nbc they're all but conceding vermont, massachusetts, and virginia. >> why should i cast my vote for you instead of donald trump? >> reporter: cruz's argument to voters like cindy that trump has a ceiling. 60% of republicans opposed to him. >> by that same logic, 80% of republicans are not backing you. 85%. >> it is qualitatively different. >> why? >> donald trump loses the general election and republicans recognize that -- >> reporter: cruz wants a two-man race by tomorrow. but won't get it. with marco rubio in the mix. states -- >> reporter: he's again shifting his strategy against trump, not below the belt now -- >> you know what they say about men with small hands. >> reporter: but above the fray. >> donald trump has small hands! >> we're not talking about that today. i want this to be a serious election -- >> reporter: his aides telling nbc rubio wants to focus on more serious warnings, calling trump dangerous. the florida senator hasn't won anywhere yet and probably won't tonight unless he pulls off shocking upsets in virginia or minnesota. >> he needs to get his fair

sanders is promising he's going to fight on. we have team coverage breaking down the results in virginia, but let's start in texas with steve handelsman. steve, what are you hearing? >> reporter: hi, chris. thanks. good evening. baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon was, you'll remember, at the top of the polls in the race for the white house on the republican side, but dr. ben carson hasn't really been a factor in the race for months. likewise, john kasich, the ohio governor, failed again yesterday to win a single primary. so now more than ever the republican front-runners really got just two rivals, the one here in texas and the one in florida. >> i volted for marco rubio. what an incredible honor to be able to vote for myself today. >> reporter: can marco rubio stop donald trump? he finally won a state last night, minnesota. and he early voted today two weeks before the florida fry marry. >> it's my home and we're going to win florida. >> reporter: but trump, who celebrated seven super tuesday victories at his place in florida has a big lead in state polls over rubio. >> he is a lightweigh