Y246wy yy6y is next on Eyewitness News. A suspicious package discovered at the Charlotte Police department. A bomb robot called to the scene. The latest details just in. also tonight. Speaking out. A unc Football Player accused of rape. Telling his side of the story. Why he says hes been wrongly accused. And living life on mars. A moguls mission to make it reality sooner than you think. Eyewitness news starts right now. Showers and storms moving through parts of the area. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. parts of the triangle are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 1030. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann is in the First Alert Storm Center tracking it all. Scattered showers tonight. Lows 6468. Scattered showers and are in a marginal risk for severe storms. Could be a few severe storms as cold front and upper level energy move over area. A few lingering showers thursday, finally drying out and pleasant for friday and into the weekend. Breaking news right now out of Charlotte Police headquarters evacuated for four hours after an employee found a suspicious package in the mail room. A bomb robot was brought in to remove the package from the taken to another location where police can check it out. A Police Spokesman says a bombsniffing dog identified the package as suspicious. Police say it is unclear what was in the package at this time. They are going to release that information after further tests. The employees have since been given the all clear to go back inside the building. We will keep on eye on any new developments. You can look for updates on abc 11dotcom. Or during this newscast. Tonight in raleigh. A new opportunity for a second chance. wake county residents crowded into a local school in hopes of wiping old criminal offenses off of their record. Joel brown joins us live at the wake county justice center. Joel, the District Attorney told you, tonight why shes pushing for this. Since we first reported on this new program, last week word has spread quickly. Even the wake county da is a bit blown away by the sheer number of local residents lining up for the opportunity to clear their old criminal record. Tonight, brian bunn was one of the first in line,. Actually i heard some people talking about it on the bus. And after a quick google search. Brian found his way to this Raleigh Charter school hosting pre registration for wake countys new initiative to help residents get their criminal records, expunged. Last week, 1000 people showed up. Tonight, hundreds more in a line that stretched out the door. Brian says hes stayed out of trouble for the past 16 years. But the criminal offense on his record remains. Putting a better job or bette reach. It makes you feel less of a person when you cant find a job. And its just hard, its very hard. Wake da lorring freeman told us she pitched the idea several months ago to Community Partners and local lawyers. Ya know, our state law says that people who fit certain criteria are entitled to a second chance. Willing to volunteer their time to walk residents through the complicated expungement process. A chance to clear criminal lowlevel offenses committed as a minor or more from a residents record. The District Attorney who spends her days working to put criminals behind bars argues a shot at a 2nd chance is about Public Safety too stabilizing communities. And we know that people who are able to take advantage of Educational Opportunities and Employment Opportunities are less likely to re offend. Not everyone here will be eligible for expungement. They try to manage expectations. I do wanna say, it is not gonna happen overnight registration, you dont have any answers yet; you dont know if your record is going to be expunged. Is this offering some kind of hope for you . Yes, this is definetly a blessing. I need this in my life. So the das deadline to get residents registered for the Expungement Program is this friday. And volunteers are trying to squeeze in more events this week, to meet the overwhelming demand. In raleigh tonight a 19 yearold locked up for a deadly shooting. Shyhem wilkerson. Is charged with murder and robbery. Hes in the wake county jail. They say wilkerson killed arron jacobs. Jacobs was found shot in a car on capital boulevard. Near calvary drive. Last wednesday. He was taken to wakemed where he died. New tonight a registered sex offender charged in a murderfor hire plot in Orange County. Investigators say attempted to hire someone to kill his former girlfriends significant other. Allen was taken into custody last night during an undercover operation. Hes in the Orange County jail under a halfmillion dollars bond. New tonight a wake county man accused of attacking a co worker with a lawn mower. James mcpherson. Is charged with assault. Hes in the wake county jail under 75thousand dollars bond. Raleigh Police say mcpherson went after dale wiggns. With a riding lawn mower on louisburg road this morning. Wiggins right foot was seriously injured. Both mcpherson and wiggins company. Authorities did not say what led to the assault. The unc Football Player accused publicly of raping a fellow student is now speaking out. two weeks ago unc sophomore. Delaney Robinson. went public with what she says happened to her on valentines day. She says allen artis raped her. And of the university of North Carolina did nothing about it. Angelica alvarez. Live from the raleigh Eyewitness News center. With the latest developments. For the first time. Publicly. Artis says he was he says he didnt know Delaney Robinson before the night of that now infamous party. And didnt contact her after. He says. He has no idea why she says he raped her. Its been two weeks to the day. Since unc sophomore. Delaney robinson. And her attorney. Gathered the media. To tell the world she was raped seven months ago. By unc linebacker. Allen artis. Today. For the first time. Hes talking publicly. With his own attorney. Everything was completely battery and assault. In an interview with our news partner. The news and observer. Artis says it wasnt rape. He didnt drug her. And he has the support of his friends and teammates. Taking it day by day, there are people out there who support me, know who i am, know i would never do Something Like that so having those people, knowing i have support has been helpful. The junior turned himself in after robinson swore out warrants against him. Have known. She was mentally incapacitated and physically helpless. After the two had been drinking at a party. Her report shows bruising around her neck. Which artis explains. May be hickies. His Attorney Says artis even passed a polygraph test about that night. Her attorney firing back at that in a statement saying any purported, and inherently unreliable polygraph test does not alter the fact that my client never consented to have sex with allegations. Artis has been suspended from the football team. But not from the university. Artis mother also spoke. Saying their family is in pain. And says this could happen to anyones son. Artis. Will be back in court on thursday. New details in a breakin at a raleigh juice shop. Raleigh police releasing surveillance images from inside raleigh raw. Showing two guys. And Police Say One of them is known as drew. The owner of the west hargett street business told us more than five thousand dollars in cash and merchandise including ipads and clothing was taken. He believes he was targeted because of a post he made on social media. New tonight a fire scare in a dorm on the campus of fayetteville state university. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke at mcleod hall at about 315 this afternoon. 911 callers said smoke was coming from a dorm room on the fourth floor. When room. They found some clothing smoldering on a lamp. The fire did not cause any serious damage to the dorm. Now to vote 20 16. Hillary clinton believes her performance in what has become the mostwatched debate in Us Television history was a game changer. More than 81 Million People watching the faceoff. Back on the trail here in what her Campaign Calls a battleground blitz clinton called last night fun. Clinton appearing at wake tech in raleigh. Seemed to revel in what xs . W . W . ,she saw as flubs by donald ototottrump. S . . . . . . Ov and donald trump. Quick to fire back against Hillary Clinton. Trump. Campaignin g tonight in the battleground state of florida. He once again called on clinton to release her 33 thousand emails. That have been deleted. In postdebate interviews, trump blamed the moderator and a bad microphone for his debate performance. Trump and clinton are slated to face each again on october ninth in st. Louis. And right now on abc 11 dot com. And on the abc 11 mobile news app. The debate fact checking. Youll see how both candidate stack up. On statements about global warming. Fighting isis. And argument. Former North Carolina senator elizabethdole and actor tomhanks launching a program to help our military families and the people they call Hidden Heroes who are supporting our wounded warriors. The Hidden Heroes campaign was created by the Elizabeth Dole foundation. Dole and hanks say theyre hoping to inspire a National Movement to more effectively support military and veteran caregivers. A celebration of service for outgoing Fayetteville Police chief harold medlock. Family. Friends. And fellow village baptist church. For his retirement ceremony. Fayetteville mayor Nat Robertson presented the chief as well as his wife with a certificate of retirement. The chief was also recognized by the fbi for his leadership. Medlock ended the ceremony with a prayer for the department. He reminded officers to lead, guide, and direct. The chief will go on medical leave next month. His retirement becomes effective in december. Were just Getting Started on Eyewitness News. Still to come tonight a direct flight from North Carolina to cuba. You buy a ticket. Plus. Mission to mars. A plan to go where no one has lived before. How elon musk plans to colonize mars. when his out ofthis world idea could become a reality. And. The wedding crasher. A surprise guest at a new york wedding. Its the mustsee video of the night. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh new york city questioning a person of interest in a deadly explosion at a suspected marijauna grow house in the bronx. The explosion killed a veteran firefighters. And six police officers. The house and the surrounding buildings were evacuated after someone reported a gas leak. Battalion chief michael fahy. Was directing operations from the street when he was hit by falling debris. A vermont man rescued after a week at sea in a life raft has been brought ashore in boston. A freighter picked up 22yearold Nathan Carman off the coast of massachusetts on sunday. Officials say the freighter spotted carman on a fourperson inflatable raft. Carman who has a mild form of autism left a rhode island marina with his mother on september 18th. According to the coast guard, carman said the boat quickly took on water and sank. Carmans mother is presumed dead. two guys who interrupted ryan lochtes dancing debut on the season premiere of dancing with the stars. Are now facing criminal charges. The la City Attorneys Office says sam sotoodeh. And barzeen soroudi. Were charged with interfering with a performance. And leaving a spectator area were arrested on september 12th during the live show. Here on abc11. satoodeh says they wanted to get the message out that lochte is a coward and a criminal under brazilian law. The first flight from our state to cuba takesoff in november. American Airlines announcing the direct flight from charlotte to havana begins november 30th. The airbus 319 will leave Charlotte Douglas airport at 12 07. And arrive in havana at 2 49. If youre planning a visit. Remember all passengers need to have a val v new tonight a mission to mars. Spacex founder elon musk. Says he envisions 1 thousand passenger ships flying to mars within a century. During his speech, musk also outlined his plan to establish a city on mars. He wants to make humans a multi planetary species, and says the best way to do that is to colonize the red planet. His goal is to get the price down so anyone could afford to go, with a ticket costing no more than a house on earth. The night. We start with a driver in Washington State learning that donald trump wont help you get a ride in the carpool lane. Take a look at this giant cardboard cutout of the truimps head. The Washington State patrol says someone tried to use the hov lane in auburn today with trumps head as the passenger . But a state trooper didnt fall for it. And the driver was quickly pulled over. Faces a fine of at least 136 dollars. A daddy daughter hair factory in Daytona Beach runs classes for dads to learn how to help do their daughters do. This video shows one dad managing to accomplish the trick. With the help of his daughter spinning while he holds her hair in place. The result a neat bun that cant be shaken loose. You may have seen the selfies on we have video of Actor Tom Hanks crashing a wedding shoot in new yorks central park. The actor then turned the table on the couple and asked for a photo of his own. They happily obliged, and hanks pulled out his cellphone to get a few good selfies. Showers and a few thunderstorms were the rule today as a frontal boundary remains stationary across the state. The threat of showers will linger overnight, with warm lows of 6570. A piece of energy will shoot off of an upper level low tomorrow and move over central North Carolina during the afternoon. Scattered showers and storms will develop as the day wears on, and a few of the storms could be severe with damaging tomorrow will be in the mid 70s to low 80s. The chance for some showers will linger into thursday, but drier air will finally move into the region on friday, paving the way for a nice weekend. Night time lows should drop into the 50s, with highs in the still to come tonight on Eyewitness News. Running out of luck. why the owner of a winning Lottery Ticket bought right here in the triangle may soon end up the biggest loser. A North Carolina sfx door rattles. Glass shatters shell call nine one one. Average Response Time . Eleven minutes. Too late. 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A person whos flat chested is very hard to be a 10. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . After over 20 years in congress, senator richard burr has been making washington work. For himself. While his net worth has increased over 500 . Making over 3. 6 million. But its not just that. On a bill to make Insider Trading by congressmen illegal, burr voted no, calling the law a waste of time. Thats how 20 years in washington has changed richard burr. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Has changed richard burr. Arsenic, mercury, lead. Duke energy endangered the Drinking Water of 1. 6 Million People in North Carolina. And what did duke energy get . A sweeter deal from pat mccrory. Mccrory got thousands in Campaign Contributions from duke energy executives. And what will you get . Years of higher electric bills to pay for cleaning up their mess. Preseason games the top two goalies have yet to give up a goal for the hurricanes. Last night it was eddie lack pitching two shutout periods tonight cam ward stopped all 16 shots he faced in a 32 win over tampa bay. Lightnings Luke Witkowski and j. T. Brown mix it up a little with carolinas Trevor Carrick in the 1st period Warren Foegel brody sutter , Lucas Wallmark Jeff Skinner Carolina now returns home and theyll ho on friday night. Unc womens three Year Contract extension. Hell likely get to coach izzy brown. Shes a recent signee one with a familiar last name and family ties that bleed wolfpack red. The allure of chapel hill was too strong to pass up for izzy brown. Currently a sophomore at green hope brown has dreams that go well beyond the collegiate level. I mean the whole class above me the 2018 class. A majority of them are all national putting myself in that environment with such good players i felt that would really help me. I want to be on the National Team so bad. Obviously i have to keep working. Thats a goal and i really want to get to that goal and i feel like unc would be the best decision. Choosing where to play in college wasnt that cut and dry. Dad chucky brown who comes to most of izzys practices is a wolfpack legend. He played in the 80s under jimmy v all. Just want her to be happy. She always loved nc state but i always told her if you want to go somewhere else im not going not going to be against that. Im with you. Given your Family History this seems like an odd choice no . A little bit but i know hell support me with whatever i do. Like everything about it is just so beautiful and like. The light blue im going to paint my room light blue. I just love that color. kenny smith is a good friend of mine and he actuall i told him and sam perkins told me i gotta put on the light light blue and once i put it on ill never take it off. So ive been getting ribbed pretty hard about it. Ill eventually put it on because its for her. So ill wear it. Izzy has a knack for scoring goals and maybe ruffling feathers. For the latest Eyewitness News. Well see you again tomorrow night for Eyewitness News at ten here on today on tmz harvey screw the debate. Blac chyna and rob may have broken up. [laughter] thank god rob and blac chyna are not talking. Harvey if theyve broken up, she still is having the only kardashian heir. But under the thumb of kris control for the shows and all of that. The baby, the baby pictures, the birth. [laughter] what was that . Where did that come from . We have video of brody jenner losing it. [bleep] he was staying at the marriott. Some of stuff was in his managers room. He was told he couldnt get in the room. I worked at a hotel and there were times when yosau could y dont let them in. Especially if my wife shows up. Tom brady and giselle are over in capri still. He has white pants on
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