Off. Hillary clinton. And donald trump. In a battle for your vote and the future of the country. Were live with reaction. Plus. Coming under fire. Calls for the mayor of charlotte to resign over the keith scott shooting grow louder. The City Council Meeting that seemed more like a trial. And. how local Police Officers amade special delivery in a taco bell parking lot. Eyewitness news starts right now. President ial debate night in america. Hillary clinton and donald trump trading jabs and making the case for the presidency. Good evening, everyone. Im Heather Waliga in for tisha powell. And im steve daniels. The candidates facing off tonight at Hofstra University in new york. At the first of three president ial debates. Trump and clinton shaking hands as they took the stage. But that was the friendliest candidates. This first debate comes at a critical point in the campaign. recent polling reveals clinton and trump are in a statistical dead heat just 43 days before election day. Trump quickly went on the attack against clinton and her record on the transpacific parternership agreement also known as tpp. And tonight democrats and republicans democrats and republicans watching the television closely to see which candidate would grab. And hold the spotlight. Joel brown joins us from the raleigh Eyewitness News center. With joel . As we watch this first president ial debate. So highly anticipated. So highlywatched. And so close in the polls. Clinton and trump certainly have North Carolinas crucial undecided voters in their minds, tonight. And their supporters here at home were rooting them on. Lets take you to the Debate Watch Party in raleigh, tonight. The raleigh republicans clubs hosting its debate party on the big screen at raleighwood cinema grille. They called the debate, the howler at hofstra. They compared it manilla. A chance to hear their candidate, donald trump speak directly to the american people. And, they filled the movie theater. Illustrating they say, the excitement about trumps candidacy. Meantime, south of downtown raleigh. Hillary clintons North Carolina raleigh. Hillary clintons North Carolina campaign. Hosting its debate company, tonight. It was a diverse crowd watching their candidate giving some and taking her share of political blows from donald trump. As expected, this very proclinton crows believes shes coming out on top, tonight showing steadiness where trump shows, recklessness. They were cheering her on like a church revival. Both sides pointing toward victory, tonight. Pointing toward victory, tonight. But what really counts are those undecided voters. And what may be their first hard look. At clinton and trump. The historic first debate between donald trump and hillary clinton. lighting up social media. tracking posts debate 2016 all night. You can add your thoughts to the mix. We love seeing all the posts on twitter. Facebook. And instagram. Abc11 is your election headquarters. You can follow the candidates on the campaign trail through our abc 11 mobile news app on abc dot com slash go vote. Theres also Important Information to make sure your vote counts. Now to charlotte where outrage over the Police Shooting of keith scott boiled over into tonights charlotte City Council Meeting. Council members and mayor Jennifer Roberts. Receivi ng an earful about the recent queen city and their response. Eyewitness News ReporterAndrea Blanford tweeting from the meeting. That one young boy told council hes afraid to grow up to be a black man. Andrea is live in uptown. Andrea, i was just in charlotte and it sounds like things are still very tense. Anger overflowing at the podium inside city hall tonight mayor Jennifer Roberts struggled to keep order. And got close to calling a listened as one speaker after point but sat and listened as one speaker after another demanded she and the police chief resign. No justice. No peace. People who have been protesting in the streets of uptown charlotte for nearly a week. Moving their demonstration inside city hall. All lives will matter when black lis forum in the wake of the officerinvolved shooting death of keith scott. Brings frustration and anger. At times with tears. Im sitting here right now trying to figure out why in the hell theres a black body being buried because a Police Officer shot m. Then boiling over. What youre hearing right now, this is not peace. This is hatred. This is hatred. This is rage. This is rage. This is black rage and youre gonna feel it one way or seconds at the mic nearly all of them threatening to vote out the entire city council. Calling on mayor Jennifer Roberts to step down. And police chief kerr putney to resign. Your time is up cheers bodycam and dashcam videos released after days of protests some violent show officers yelling at scott to drop the gun. Then firing as scott is seen walking backwards. Still leaving questions as to whether he was holding a gun officers say they found at the scene. That now say scott bought from a man who stole it during a breaking and entering. Some in the crowd 19 26 02 hands down shoot back now accusing police of shooting and killing protester justin carr during a clash with officers last week. Charlotte lice have already charged a man in his death. Some here bringing their children to show why they plan to keep protesting. My son he has a life threatening disease right now and its called cops killing black people. Cheers that black people dont go extinct. Latest on naacp demands live in charlotte. Andrea blanford. Abc11 Eyewitness News. Mccrory hitting back against the latest call to repeal hbtwo. Nearly 60 investment firms, funds and foundations have their names on a statementcallin g for the North Carolina legislature to repeal the controversial law. The investors claim the situation is so serious that the states triplea bond rating is at risk. Governor mccrory says its the height of hypocrisy. For investors. To tell the state what to do about the law. And governor mccrory worst flooding down east since hurricane floyd in 1999. The governor stopped in the town of colerain a Bertie County peanut company. And downtown windsor. In windsor. He saw gutted buildings. And sidewalks lined with trash. bertie. Along with 11 other counties. Were put under a state of emergency last week. A not guilty verdict for a teenager charged in the murder of a garner couple. Israel vazquez. Was just 16yearsold when jose mendoza and his wife maria were shot to death in their home back in january 2013. Officials believe the killings were lik couple may have been victims of mistaken identity. Vazquez was acquitted of firstdegree murder and burglary charges. Jonathan santillan was convicted of the murders back in 2015. And is serving a life sentence. new tonight crews pulling an apex town pickup truck out of the water. This is seagroves farm pond. Fortunately. No one was inside the truck at the time. And there are no injuries. And check out this video taken by berry. berry capturing the moment the truck went underwater. apex Authorities Say theyre still not sure what caused the truck to roll forward. They hope to determine the cause very soon. For the second time in a week. A wreck involving students at a wake county bus stop. 18yearold alex aguilar. And his 15yearold brother. Alen. We re hit this morning on Mitchell Mill road in zebulon. Both teens go to rolesville high school. The students were an the time. The driver. Anthony holden. Is facing a couple of charges including careless and reckless driving. Investigators believe holden was fatigued when he veered off the road and landed in this ditch. The Fayetteville High School teacher at the center of a free speech controversy involving the American Flag is now backing off a plan to protest. Lee francis posted on facebook after consulting with legal counsel. And the Fayetteville Police department he decided a public demonstration would not be a good idea. Francis was suspended for ten days for stepping on an during a lesson at massey hill classical high school. Lee says he was teaching a lesson in free speech. But the superintendent says he violated school policy. A different type of to go order in a Harnett County taco bell parking lot. Lillington Police Say Officers found vianisa lopez. In labor in the back seat of her car in the taco bell parking lot on west Cornelius Harnett boulevard. It was too late for lopez to make it to hospital. So officers helped her deliver her little girl. Crystal lopez arrived at 311 this the officers who helped bring her into the world visited mom and daughter at the hospital. And brought gifts for baby. still to come tonight. A gunman opening fire on drivers as rush hour begins. what police are now revealing about the shooter. And. Targeted. A raleigh juice bar hit by thieves. Why the owner is blaming the crime on a social media post. Plus. A dramatic takedown. A highspeed chase through the streets of southern california. Dangerous situation. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh Eyewitness News center chris . Adlib new developments in a shooting in new developments in a shooting in houston. Angry lawyer being blamed tonight for shooting six people. Police say the man was wearing military style clothing with old nazi emblems on them. They also say the man had two weapons and more than 25 hundred rounds of ammunition. He randomly shot at drivers before havent nailed down a motive, but the mayor says the man was either fired or had a bad relationship with his law firm. disturbing video tonight of a police chase. And standoff coming to an end in southern california. Police say the guy was driving a stolen car. When he led police on a high speed chase through several counties. At one point. He was throwing things out the window on the freeway. The man eventually pulled over. And appeared to be threatening to minutes of negotiations. Officers were able to swarm the man and take him into custody. He appeared to be injured. But police havent disclosed the extent of his injuries. The owner of a downtown raleigh juice bar and cafe says his business was robbed after a post on social media sparked criticism online. The thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of goods. And tonight. Customer s are rallying behind the business. Hours after a breakin at raleigh raw. Customers stopped by to stuff you have to have revenue so the best way to support a local business is to spend your money there thieves forced open the cafe doors early sunday morning. Stealing more than 5 thousand dollars in electronics, cash and merchandise. The owner says his business was targetn response to a post he made on raleigh raws Instagram Account last week. Showing a group of Good Samaritans who stopped in to buy drinks for customers. 3 34. I thought that was really cool in light of just a rocky week in i snapped some pictures sherif fouad wrote dont protest against what you hate, youre only giving that cause more energy. Instead promote what you love. Today we saw that idea in action. 4 56. A lot of people started objecting to it trying to say it was insensitive critics began slamming fouad on social media. For attacking protests in charlotte over the Police Killing of 43yearold keith scott. 2 23. They wanted to make sure they were retaliating did not support the black movement against Police Brutality fouad says he doesnt think his critics on social media were directly responsible for the heist. He does believes they influenced the breakin. 8 23. I dont want my social media platform to be reded to pictures of teas and coffee and food. I want to talk about real issues, and if i misstep on a real issue i would love to welcome someone to challenge me on it so we can have a foaud says he doesnt have insurance to cover all the stolen items. So far. No arrests have been made. Now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. We begin with frightening moments for a driver trapped in flooding in san antonio. You can see the driver on top of his car trying to grab onto a ladder provided by firefighters. But as he tried to grab it. He slipped. And nearly fell into the creek fortunately. Of his car. After he tied his shoes he managed to grab the ladder. On his second try. The driver was not hurt. As for how he got into that predicament. He says his Navigation App led him straight into the high waters. another risky rescue caught on camera. A group of people rescued a terrified deer that was caught in raging flood water in the cedar river in iowa. One man puton a life jacket. And jumped into the water to save the deer. Everyone else helped pull the deer to safety. And. A giant was spotted rolling down a busy road in scotland. The yellow duck came loose from a display at a car dealership because of high wind. One driver reported the inflatable duck hitting their car. But no accidents were spotty shower or two tonight, with lows in the low and mid 60s. A cool front will approach the region tomorrow and bring clouds and more scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Highs tomorrow will reach the mid 70s to low 80s. Unsettled weather will last into the middle of upper level low spins around the great lakes and ohio valley. Temperatures will be pleasant, however, with highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 50s and low 60s. Drier air will build into central North Carolina by late week, with rain chances ending and pleasant highs in cracking the case. The face that could help identify a murdered unc students killer. What Chapel Hill Police are now telling us about the investigation. A 2020 broadcast on the faith im roy cooper. And my mom used to teach in this school. She was so proud to be a North Carolina teacher. She wouldnt have liked how weve fallen to 41st in teacher pay. On funding to its lowest budget share in over 30 years. Its why thousands of teachers are moving out of state. As governor, ill make schools the priority again. Schools my mom would be proud of. My moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip to the Grocery Store anything but simple. So i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. He explained that humira works inside my body of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. In clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75 and even 90 clearance in just 4 months. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Uve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask about humira, the 1 prescribed biologic by dermatologists. Clearer skin is possible. Murder in chapel hill is generating dozens of new tips. On friday night. 2020 revealed a digital composite sketch created from dna at the crim the killer looks like. Hedgepeths body was found inside her offcampus apartment four years ago. More details from the 20 20 report. Right now at abc 11 dot com. Just search faith hedgepeth. no jail time for an Orange County man bitten by his pet king cobra. 21 year old ali iyoob pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating the law for how venomous snakes need to be housed. six other charges were dismissed. He was sentenced has to pay the state 4 thousand dollars in restitution. iyoob was bitten in may. And called 911 as he drove himself to the hospital. The family of Arnold Palmer is waiting until after the ryder cup this week for a public farewell. A public ceremony to commemorate palmer would be held on october fourth at st. Vincents college in latrobe, pennsylvania. A family Spokesman Says the last thing palmer would want is for a golf schedule to be interrupted. He says the funeral will be later this week and limited only to family. The golfer went Forrest College when the school was actually still in the town that bears its name. The hurricanes hit the ice for the first time this exhibition season highlights ahead but as we go to break what a moment for the the death of teammate Jose Fernandez and godon leads off with his first homer of the year then is overcome with emotion the rest of sports sfx door rattles. Glass shatters shell call nine one one. Average Response Time . Eleven minutes. Too late. She keeps a firearm in this safe for protection. Hillary can. Dont let hillary leave you protected with nothing but a phone. The Nra Political Victory Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. Tonights exhibtion comes to the hurricanes. Tonights exhibtion opener got things cooking in the right direction. The canes pull out winner in washington. Eddie lack in goal for the first two periods. Lots of young guys getting ice time including patrick brown. This is how you get some attention 10 we go into the third lack is out Alex Nedeljkovich in the pipes and he lets in the tying goal. Madison bowey scores were tied at one. Into overtime the hurricanes best player ends it defenseman justin faulk 21 the final canes visit tampa bay tomorrow night. Three games in the panthers own more regular season losses than the team was dealt all of last season. Yesterdays performance was a real head scratcher. Ron rivera isnt panicking. Four of the seven acc player of the week nods go to guys in the triangle. Mitch trubisky and ryan switzer both earn honors for their role in a thrilling coacwin over pitt. Trubisky threw five touchdown passes and converted three 4th downs on the winning drive. Switzer was on the receiving end of two of every second on the clock to pull out the win. The other two go to duke. Juni sh wilson wasfilling in for the injured Devon Edwards when he took a kick back 96 yards to ignite a rally against notre dame. Freshman qb daniel jones is the rookie of the week after his steady performance in the upset win. 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Today on tmz harvey ok, serious stuff, there was a drove strike over the weekend at the bone thugsnharmony concert. Bone thugz is performing at the high life music festival. A drone hit him square in the jaw and he went to the ground and kept performing. Im going to say it was high life festival. A probably didnt feel it. We got oprah winfrey. Want to talk to her about the africanamerican museum in washington, d. C. Harvey, this is a big deal, bros the best part inside . The section on emmett till. Harvey assuming they have motown in this thing. Can you imagine how crazy that would be, walk into a museum and its like slavery. And then motown [laughter] Justin Theroux and jennifer aniston, they had a very subdued look on their face