next on Eyewitness News a horrific scene unfolding in italy after a monster earthquake. rescuers in a race against time. The air horn orchestra. Playing a new tune. What theyre now demanding from governor mccrory. And a tornado emergency in indiana. Homes and business damaged. And power cut. The new images just in. Starts right now. Whats known right now as invest 99l. Bringing rain and wind to the island of st. Maarten in the eastern caribbean. The system is on the move. And could impact the southern united states. Good evening everyone. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. There are still become Tropical Storm hermine. Chief meteorologist chris homann is in the first alert storm system. With the latest possible track. Tropics gaston likely to become a hurricane, but will remain well out to sea. Tropical wave near puerto rico will likely develop over the next few days as it bahamas. Could be near south florida over the weekend. After that models diverge, some take into gulf, some over fl. Things will likely change over the coming days, but there are no indications it will have any impact on our weather for the next 67 days. Remember, the nhc track forecasts are much more accurate than their strength forecasts. breaking news rising to 159 from a devastating earthquake. And hundreds of other people are hurt. Weve been tracking developments and video feeds from italy all night here in the breaking news center. The 6point2 magnitude quake rocked central italy just after 3 30 this morning. The quake so strong. It was felt nearly 100 miles away in rome. The area hardest vacation spot for italians enjoying the final days of summer. Search and rescue operations are now hampered by darkness. And theres not enough heavy equipment. Pope francis. Is now asking for the worlds prayers. And people shouting shes alive in an italian village. This 10yearold girl was pulled from the rubble in Pescara Del Tronto after hours. The shell shocked child was found buried in piles of brick and glass. The little girl was taken to the hospital. Theres no immediate word on her condition tonight. Members of a North Carolina Womens Basketball team have just arrived home to the us after experiencing the deadly earthquake in italy. Elons Womens Basketball team was in rome and felt one of those tremors during the middle of the night. The team landed 330 this afternoon. The coach says she asked if they needed to evacuate after she continued to feel the aftershocks. The team was on a Study Abroad Program traveling throughout the country of italy. They say theyre thinking of the lives and homes lost in the earthquake. We will be keeping track of developments in italy overnight. This story tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News starting at 430. The air horn orchestra. Sounding off for the 20th consecutive week. Outside the executive mansion in downtown raleigh. Heather waliga is live in downtown raleigh. How long will they continue to do this . They say theyll play every wednesday until governor mccrory is either out of office or until house bill 2 is repealed. This as a new poll shows mccrory lagging behind his democratic opponent. Sounding off. 6 21 40. Number 20. Five months of airhorns the airhorn orchestra as they call themselves. Is as vocal about their mission. As day one. 6 27 50. Its great that people are dedicated to this but its sad that people are still out here fighting this fight a new poll shows governor opponent roy cooper. Among the most significant issues in the race. House bill two. According to the poll. More than half of voters disapprove of the law. 6 31 22. I know a lot of students that could be personally affected by this bill and i think its really important that we repeal it completely noah ambrose and his friends drove all the way from pinehurst to blast their beliefs outside the executive mansion. A new ad rolled out this week by the mccrory. Featuring a sexual abuse survivor. Defend s hb2. 6 28 15. Its a little offensive quite honestly opponents of hb2 say they have no plans of silencing their symphony of protests. Playing. 6 24 28. I think the carolina comeback is pretty grossly exaggerated by governor mccrory. I think his ads are just kind of hilarious political theater at this point a spokesperson for governor mccrory says the new poll is not reliable considering the size of the sample, screening methodology and weighting. He goes on to say. We are very have the momentum in this race, especially as we continue to announce key Law Enforcement endorsements who are rejecting roy cooper because he hasnt done his job as our states chief Law Enforcement officer. Mccrory is expected to announce that endorsement at a News Conference tomorrow morning here in downtown raleigh. Live outside the executive mansion, hw, abc11, ewn. Now to vote 20 16. And the highstakes battle for North Carolina. new polling shows the race between Hillary Clinton and tossup. The cnn orc poll shows clinton with 44 percent of the vote here in North Carolina. And trump trailing by just one point. Libertarian candidate gary johnson. At 11 percent. Meanwhile donaldtrumps running mate was making the rounds in North Carolina today. Governor mike pence. Appearing in charlotte and wilmington. pence wasnt in charlotte for long. His speech to a handpicked group at charlotte pipe and foundry lasted only about 15 minutes. It was his second appearance in charlotte this month. You can keep up with all the vote 2016 news. Dotcom and clicking on the politics section. New tonight a fort bragg soldier accused of violating a child. Justin lewis. Was already in the Cumberland County jail on indecent liberties charges. Fayetteville detectives have now charged perry with several child sex charges including rape. Investigators say the incident happened during the summer of 20 14. Hes in the Cumberland County jail under a 900 thousand dollar bond. A couple of crooks caught in the act surveillance cameras capturing two guys. breaking in to a home on afternoon. The pair seemed to know they were on camera. And tried covering their faces with their hands. They didnt take anything from the house. You can get a second look at the burglars by going to abc11 dotcom. Just look for the story on the homepage. A raleigh mother. In jail on child abuse charges. After her kindergartner had to be turned over to Raleigh Police when no one picked him up from the bus stop. You may remember last night. Wake county schools transportation officials tried repeatedly to get a hold of the mom. Police say inside sara apartment they found her other kids home alone. The oldest kid was the 8yearsold. The youngest just one. The 29yearold was told in court. If she posts bond. She cannot have any contact with her kids. An 11yearold boy is talking exclusively to Eyewitness News about the terrifying moments when he was caught in the crossfire of a driveby shooting in durham over the weekend. Raymon bent was outside playing with another 11year old. And a 16 yearold in the 600 block of reservoir street and started spraying shots. Thats when a bullet hit raymon in the thigh. The entire ordeal still weighing heavily on his mind. Raymons parents are in jamaica. Plans to return soon. Raymon is now getting ready to go back to school on monday. Abc11 together highlighting the good deeds of the Durham Rescue Mission. Giving a back to school boost to thousands of children in need. The Durham Rescue Mission hosted its annual back to school bash. More than 48 hundred families lined up for a chance to get a backpack filled with school supplies. Day the rescue mission says it gave away more than 3thousand backpacks. It also served up nearly 59 hundred plates of hot dogs and chips. And this isnt your dads elementary school. The ribbon was cut on the newly renovated green magnet elementary in north raleigh. The new School Includes chairs and desks that all have wheels and a large flat screen monitor in every classroom. Students spent the past 2 years at a temporary campus while their school was torn down and rebuilt. At green students receive daily instruction in either spanish or mandarin chinese. Special back to School Coverage on monday as students on traditional calendars return to the classrooms. Be sure to tunein monday morning for back to School Coverage starting at 4 30 am. Were just Getting Started tonight on Eyewitness News tornado emergency. dangerous weather hitting indiana. Homes and business damaged. The latest from the storm zone. And. Epipen outrage. growing anger over the skyrocketing price of this lifesaving tool. Costing two wake county families this year alone. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh Eyewitness News center chris . Adlib i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. With great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, delivery. Hey. Lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. Have a good one. Ah, these small new york apartments. Protect your belongings. Let geico help you now the university in afghanistan under attack. Leaving at least one person dead. terrorists storming the university in kabul. Eyewitnesses hearing a loud explosion and gunfire. Students barricading themselves in classrooms. Its unknown if any americans were inside. The state department is warning people to stay away from the area. Security Forces are still combing the campus in search of the attackers. Some people are still believed to be stuck inside. You can look for updates on this story on abc11 dotcom and the abc11 mobile now a tornado emergencies in and around indianapolis. Multiple twisters touching down in the area. Take a look at what a tornado did to a starbucks in kokomo. The entire building collapsed. The wind also damaged dozens of homes. Blowing off roof tops and knocking down trees. And power was out across much of the town. So far no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. Indiana governor mike pence has left the campaign trail. To access the damage. You can look for whats new with this story tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. The skyrocketing cost of epi pens. The price jumping from about 100 dollars in 2009. To more than 600dollars today. During that same time. compensation for the ceo of the drug company rose too from five million to 19 Million Dollars a year. Angelica alvarez spoke to wake county moms whove spent hundreds on epi pens for their kids. Shes in our downtown raleigh newsroom with their story. They wasted no time in telling me ceo of myland is being paid. While theyre having to dish out more for lifesaving medicine for their children. Bailey is three years old. And wears a medic alert bracelet. To let people know shes allergic to peanuts. Her mom. Anne horton. Makes sure to keep an epipen nearby at all times. Two epipens at her daycare, two epipens at home. But. The cost for a two pack has gone up. Since 2007. Its gone up 400 at 450 dollars a pop thats a lot of money for a medicine i pray everyday ill never have to use. It used to cost 50 to 100 dollars. Now. Its as high as sixhundred. I was quoted 600 and some dollars last week. Sara mahhallskee says her three year old. Mason. Is getting ready to start preschool. So they had to buy a pack for school and home. Costing more than 12 hundred out of pocket. Both mothers. Say something has to change. And blame drug the market. Some parents are even looking for other options. Like getting the drug from out of the country. Or even using expired epipens. Which doctors say isnt a good idea. Will not be as effective as a normal epipen. Still. Mahhall skee and horton consider themselves lucky. To be able to budget for this life saving shot. So far. But if prices keep going up. They fear the alternative. It makes me very very nervous. Im worried were going to see children dying from anaphylactic families cant afford medicine that cost a dollar 25 to make. And parents tell me epipens take a year to expire. So if they dont use them. This is at least. A definite annual cost. Members of congress say they want to talk to myland about these high prices. And gave them a time frame of two weeks to comply. Today. A myland spokesperson told abc news there were more clouds around today than recent afternoons, but it was still quite pleasant. Humidity le temperatures were only in the mid and upper 80s. Tonight, skies will clear with lows in the low and mid 60s. Well start to heat up again as our winds become more south and southwesterly. We should see more sun tomorrow with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s. By friday, were in the low and mid 90s, and itll stay hot through the weekend. Rain chances looks slight at best. The not get as high as it was last week, so the heat index should stay shy of those awful 103 107 readings weve endured recently. A tropical wave will likely develop as it approaches the bahamas late in the week and may impact south florida over the weekend. How strong it will be is still in question. Well be watching it for you on abc schools. Authorities say a king cobra slithered away from someone who owns a number of exotic animals, including two other king cobras. Two schools had to cancel all outdoor activities. The king cobra was eventually caught. It was on the loose for about four hours. Texas authorities sending out this tweet, the king cobra in needville has been located. Needville residents may come down from their roofs. Floor. The controversial olympian. Despera te to dance away scandal. Just ahead. Plus. The golden girl arrives home. The texassized welcome for a fourfooteight olympic its our labor day sale. Where you can create the perfect home. From now until september 5th, youll find huge savings on stylish pieces. Get free delivery, plus an extra hundreddollars off every thousanddollars you spend. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Mom . Have you see my iguana . The labor day sale is on now, at havertys. Life looks good. Cooper governorcc theres a carolina comeback. But raise your hand if your taxes have gone up while those at the top are the ones getting the tax break. And raise your hand if youre working more for less. Im roy cooper, and thats not a comeback. Thats moving backwards. Raise your hand if you agree that those at the top should pay their fair share. Raise your hand if you agree that tax breaks should be going to the middle class. And raise your hand if you agree heading to the ballroom. The disgraced swimmer is reportedly in talks to join season 23 of dancing with the stars. Lochte made headlines. After fabricating details about being robbed during his time at the rio olympics. Abc wont comment on casting reports. The new cast of dancing with the stars will be unveiled next tuesday on Good Morning America on abc11. Gratitude and giggles. As gold biles returns home to houston. Biles. Was greeted by family, friends and fans at bush intercontinental airport. The mayor and officials and the Houston Texans cheerleaders were all there to cheer her homecoming. Biles addressed the cheering crowd. And admitted she was a little nervous giving a speech. The mayor also declared today simone biles day in houston. Larry fedora makes a controversial addition to his tar heel coaching team. Hear why fed decided to make the move. Plus Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham tells me why he signed off on it. But first goalie hope solo has been kicked off the Us National Soccer team and banned for six months after her comments following the olympic loss to sweden when she called them cowards. Solo is appealing the . . Hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirtyfirst. Larry fedora wanted to help a coaching friend. Even one with a currently radioactive reputation. To that end he brought on former illinois head coach tim beckman as a volunteer assistant for defense at unc. Beckman was fired last year by the illini after a University Investigation found he had mistreated players by medical decisions and trying to get them to play hurt, often ridiculing those who were injured. Beckman denies all the charges and settled a wrongful termination suit w the school for 250k. He and fedora are buddies from their Oklahoma State days in 2007 when fedora was the offensive coordinator and beckman was in charge of the defense. As a volunteer at unc, beckman is allowed to interact with, but not instruct players. Hell help gene chizik with scouting and film study. Adding illinois september 10th. Heres larry i followed up with Bubba Cunningham about signing off on beckmans presence with the team. He responded via text he is a friend of larrys and he wants to help him. We discussed it and i approved it. Very limited role as a volunteer. No contact with students and a chance to learn. Would not have approved hiring. Meaning he would not have approved his hiring as an actual assistant kurt benkert has been named the starting quarterback at virginia, beating out incumbent matt johns. Amazingly this is the fourth Straight Year that uvas returning starter has been demoted the following season. 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