Eyewitness news. historic flooding. Parts of the sandhills remain underwater after record rainfall the School District cancelling classes. And the dams in jeopardy of failing. And breaking right now a Major Development in the Erica Parsons case. The discovery made in south carolina. The latest details just in. And. A familiar face from tg it here on abc 11 hits the campaign trail here in the triangle. E starts right now. A flash flood emergency in the sandhills. Historic rainfall putting lives at risk. An abc11 eyewitness capturing a fort bragg soldier checking on flood victims caught off guard by high water in fayetteville. That powerful image. Just one of the many coming in from viewers. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. County and the city of fayetteville remain under a state of emergency after more than ten inches of rain fell. Heres the latest rescue crews made more than two dozen emergency evacuations. Fayetteville Police say more thatwo dozen roads remain closed by flood waters. Or washed out sections of pavement. Cumberland County schools will remain closed tomorrow. And hoke county schools will open on a twohour delay. In fayeeville. Highwater is starting to recede in some areas but its still not safe. Angelica alvarez live in ray avenue in fayetteville which remains closed to traffic. Even though the water is going down in many spots. Some are slow to follow. Like here on ray avenue downtown. The flooding weve seen today is the reason schools are closed. And why emergency crews are asking people to stay home. Water covered the entire floor here. Bishop jv porter of. Christ cathedral. Damage. Even here in the prayer chapel, water here. Taking us through each water soaked room. As they begin drying out. And cleaning up. Just hours before. The bishop says they couldnt even get inside. The water was 35 feet high. These are just a few of photos he took when he describes the building as being surrounded by a lake. The Rushing Water so powerful. It even sent two of their storage units. Right through this fence. And onto the next property. Storm. Felt throughout the entire county. Rising water closing dozens of roadways. Even washing part of them away. Like here on sykes pond road. You could see cars half under water. The danger closing down schools. Evesparemergencies. Were trying to ask folks if you dont have to come out in these areas that are flooded please dont put First Responders lives and your own lives at risk. At the height of the flood. There were more than 20 water rescues in themselves stuck in their homes or cars. Now as the water recedes. Many. Like bishop porter. Are dealing with the damage left behind. We already contacted the Insurance Company theyre getting back with us to see where we are with this process. At one point tonight. There were two shelters open. But as of an hour ago. One closed for the night since there was only checked in. So. Everyone will now be admitted to the shelter at the spring lake rec center. The iteam spent the evening looking at the dams that are being closely watched the North Carolina department of Environmental Quality monitors more than three thousand dams. Tonight, Cumberland County is watching four in particular. The Long Valley Lake breached today. According to the nc deq website the North Carolina department of environment and Natural Resources owns that dam. It was built in 17 50. And its lis as ing in fair condition. The arran lake dam is being monitored for high water. Its off bunce road. And its owned by the city of fayetteville. It was built in 19 58. And its listed as being in poor condition. The Rhodes Pond Dam in the northern part of the count top of the dam today. The North CarolinaWildlife Commission owns this dam. It was built in 17 70. And its listed as unsatisfactory. And the lake upchurch dam in hope mills is being watched for high water. Lake upchurch power, incorporated owns it. It was built in 19 14. And is listed as fair. You can read more about the dams in our state by going to the abc11 mobile news app. Another hardhit area is Harnett County. Rising water washed out thompson road. South of the dot says it could be weeks before its repaired. Many streets are still under water tonight. Dot secretary Nick Tennyson is scheduled to tour flooded areas of Harnett County tomorrow morning. A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect for part of the sandhills until tomorrow. Chris is here now. With a look at the staggering rainfall totals for the area. Showers should be much less numerous evening. Any heavy shower or storm that manages to develop over the flooded sandhills would set off flash flooding again very quickly. Threat seems rather low, all models indicate just spotty showers this evening. A few showers tomorrow, but coverage should be limited. Flood threat looks low at this point. Dry and pleasant weekend, highs com right now for continuing coverage of the flash flooding. You can track the doppler radar. Check out the latest rainfall totals. And theres a Photo Gallery so you can see whats happening across the heart of carolina. Breaking news right now in eastern wake county the Highway Patrol investigating a bad crash. This is i495 at hodge road in knightdale. The car went off the road and up an exit. Were working to find out if there are any injuries. And if any charges will be filed. You can look for update on abc11 dotcom and the abc11 mobile news app. also breaking right now sources confirming to the abc affiliate in charlotte the remains of Erica Parsons have been discovered in south carolina. The rowan county girl was last seen in november of 2011. But her family didnt report her missing until july of 2013. At the time she was just 13 yearsold. Her adoptive parents Casey Parsons are serving federal prison time for fraud. You can look for updates on the breaking stories tonight at 11. And tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. A unc Football Player accused of raping a fellow enstudt doubling down saying hes innocent and what happened that night in february was consensual. As allen artis went before an Orange County judge. Both his family and his accuser were sitting on the front row. A tentative trial date was set for december on the misdemeanor charges of Sexual Battery and assault. After court artis repeated multiple times he robinsons attorney released a statement to Eyewitness NewsStanding Firm that robinson is a rape victim. And remains resolute in her pursuit of justice. new tonight nc state students few white students posted racist and offensive comments on social media. many students say the remarks are a symptom of a much bigger problem on campus. Joel brown is live at the nc state bell tower. With more on what students want from administrators. Joel . Tonights town hall discussion was at points raucous. And what we heard from black students here is that those online comments. Opened new wounds. That they are left feeling like outsiders at a university that they feel is tonight, nc states town hall on Campus Diversity turned into a town hall scolding for University Chancellor randy woodson. So acknowledge our hurt as black students because, i am over it cheers one day after woodson posted a 2minute online video admonishing that small group of white students for their semi private online chat room and its of slew offensive and racist posts. The black student body soundly told woodson to his nearly far enough. What s legal is not alws moral applause something needs to be done, now. Yall can says theres no law. Well, make a a law yall have that power as the chancellor. Toward the back of the auditorium matt smith took the mic to speak. The fshn admitting hes one of the members of the online group. We are not an overtly racist group crowd reax i can not speak for all the individuals in the a racist group. Any racial or bigoted comments are hurtful to our campus. Afterwards, chancellor woodson telling jon camp the university has policies against hate speech but not free speech. And the comments made online while offensive were not threatening. Disciplining the studetsho made the ract posts violates their First Amendment rights. Its unacceptable for students to say the things they did, that is true. How do you hold those students to account . Ive said this repeatedly, our code of conduct for many leaving the town hall thats a bitter pill to swallow. I feel less included on campus. Im angrier than i was before i stepped in there. When it comes to hate speech on campus. Theclu and chancellor woodson are in agreement. The Organization Says the First Amendment protects speech, no matter how offensive. And speech codes at government financed universities, like ncstate, would be a violation of the constitution. And the battle for votes in North Carolina heating up. First Lady Michell Obama will campaign for Hillary Clinton. I raleigh and charlotte next tuesday. A time and location have yet to be announced. Meanwhile the actress who plays the first lady on the hit tgit political thriller scandal. Is on the campaign trail here appeared at a Campaign Event for Hillary Clinton tonight at isaac hunters tavern in downtown raleigh. Young is from asheville. A spokesperson for the Republican National committee called youngs visit a despete attempt to woo millennial voters. Kara carter went on to say unfortunately for clinton, not even olivia pope and associates could clean up the messy truth about her scandalplagued candidacy. And Hillary Clintons Vice President ial running mate tim kaine is in wake county. Prepping for next weeks debate. lawyer and agent bob barnett is playing theole of governor mike pence. During mock debates. But no e ll s exactly where kaine is in raleigh. The vp debate is on tuesday night. At Longwood University in farmville, virginia. Were just Getting Started tonight on Eyewitness News coming up a warning about popular painkillers. What new research reveals. And. Rushhour horror. A major commuter crash train in new jersey. What weve learned about the moments before impact. A woman passed out behind the wheel with her baby boy in the car. The moment a Police Officer esir lives is the mustsee video of the night. T first. Aiv l utsi of the raleigh Eyewitness News sfx door rattles. Glass shatters shell call nine one one. Average Response Time . Even minutes. Too late. She keeps a firearm in this safe for protection. But Hillary Clinton could take away her r tighto self defense. And with supreme crt justices, hillary can. Dont let hillary leave you protected with nothing but a phone. The Nra Political Victory Fund the ntsb on the ground in hoboken, new jerse. Where a commuter train crashed into a station. Passengers and eyewitnesses now saying the traiid slow down as it arrived. The train crashed through the barrier at the end of the tracks. And hit the wall of an indoor waiting a woman on the platform who was hit by debri was killed. More than 100 others were hurt. Most of them passengers. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the train was going way too fast an investigators are trying to figure out why. Eadly police shting i southern california, incitg protests and calls for police to release video of the incident. Police have released a single image of the incident t moment before an officer fired multiple shots at Alfred Olango killing the unarmed man. Representatives for olangos some sort of emotional breakdown. And his sister had called police to help him. common pailrs like ibuprofen. 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And eventually gets in front of the car, stopping it the officer has been recognized fois bry. A donkey got the shock of moved from the arizona desert a california ranch. Still in shock. As igat his new home. It jumps out of the truck. And then immediately jback before he can touch the grass. So shocked by the bright green sight. A second burro ins hi o sniffing the grass before stepping out into their new rld. Enough when it comes to a drive by soaking. Grant nel. Decided to make the best of record rain fall by driving past a coue of innocent residents in the pouring rain and giving them the splashing of a lifetime. Ve hea rains set off widespread flash flooding across the sandhills last night and early across par of moore, cumberland, harnett and hoke counties, with much lighter amounts in the triangle. Rtutely, showers were much less numeusod, so the flood waters were able to begin to recede. Just a few showers are likely row as the upper level low finally weakens and moves to the north. Highs tomorrow will be 80s. He lndid by the weekend, the air mas dryuturther which will lead to rain free weather and pleasant th days will be t l 80sith lows in the w 60s. Eye house welcome. Oprebama onors tw former yians. For a gesture their made nearly four decadesgo. Duke energy endangered the Drinking Water of 1. 6 Million People in North Carolina. And what did de energy get . A sweeter deal from pat mccrory. Mccrory got thousands in Campaign Contributions from duke energy executives. And wh will you get . Years of higher electric bills to pay for cleaning up their mess. Pat mccrory not loong outor us. Its on ours, too. Im josh stein. Its why in the attorney generals office, i worked to protect children from online predators. Why, in the senate, i wrote the safe schools a. Heuse. And led the effort to expandhe , to put more rapists behind bars. As attorney general, protecting families will be job one. Josh stein. Tom brady matt damon and ben affleck for pizza and beer. Theyre offering fans a chance to hang out with them in their beloved hometown of boston. Theyve teamed up for a star studded Omaze Campaign to benefit different charities. A donor who gives more than 10bucks will be entered to win a date with the patriots star. As well as affleck and damon. There are 27 days left to donate. And enter the contest. president obama and the first lady welcomed team usa olympians to the white house today. Members of the paralympic teams were honored by the president. President obama spoke to some of the accomplishments of the teams notably gold dal gymnast simone biles. He made it a point to say how the female athletes owned rio. The president also paid tribute to former olympic athletes tommie smith and john carlos. Who were sent home from the 1968 Olympic Games for raisedfirst protest on the medals podium. Gottfried and the star freshman ahead and check this out a fan was heckling a couple of the european players practicing for the ryder cup. They couldnt make a putt after multiple tries so David Johnson accepts a challenge to try it jeans andall makes sinks it plus the picks up one hundred bucks. The rest of hold my calls, clear my calander and for lunch. knocking on window enfaced turkey sandwich, half white, half wheat with extra crispy bacon. Maam theres a man. Theres a calandar man. Maam turn around wait, wait, wait. Just wanted to swing on by and let you know that new scratchoff tickets come out the first tuesday of every month. I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here get him out of here get the hell out of here priorities usa action is responsible hes got the potential to be a once in a generation player at nc state. Denis smith junior is finally on campus and after years of anticipation is starting his collegiate career. He was the man of the hour during nc state picture day. Smith is the wolfpack back to the ncaa tournant season. Head coach Mark Gottfried isnt sugar coating his thoughts calling smith the best guard in the country and believes he could be the top pick in to come has gottfried fired up. Time now for jamie hi, im jamie obrien. This week apex takes on newcomerap friendship in their first ever meeting in varsity football. Apex coach Robert Graham i think theyre gonna play probably harder than they ever played, since a lot of their friends are the, a lot of ds that went to playing over there. Junior wr cb of course its gonna be a bigger game. Theyre right down the street from us. Students are leaving this school to go to their scol. Ethan foote senior lb rb Everyone Wants this win, like, probably the most out of the season honest. Im hopinevyone shows up from ax high school. Pex high school. Jamie the priots got their first win in week 1. Now theyll hoseir crosstown rivals for the first time. Apex friendship coach adam sanders the aome chalnges w stting a bra w program. But our guys are ready for those challenges and they meet them head on,nd i couldnt be proudeof em. D roundtree ophomore wr every day come out here and do what we need to do, and just get better, compete agast our rivals apex. Apex friendship name, there is a trophy on the lin but all that does ke it more fun for the guys. L kilpri junior db s i think i raiss the stakes a little bit. I mean, you know who youre playing against and youre out to get a win for your school. Jamie go to raleighcw. Com for extended coach and player interviews. Well see you next thursday for the cw22 game of the week. Join us tomorrow morninon abc11 for the last Eyewitness News. Well see you again tomorrow nig for Eyewitness News at ten here on cw 22. 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. 44 in rstudent endirn or mcc g to its lowest budget share inver 30 years. Its why thousands of teachers are moving out of state. As governor, ill make schools the priority again. Never say ner because ev taylor swift and Calvin Harris are back together sort of. Were told thhortly afterat s tom hilest and taylor swift broke up, calvin and taylor came in communication again. Only through text. Who texted first . Calvin klein sent like a and shes like yeah, youre t. Righ and texted again. Photo of what . Theres video of a different angle of this guy trying to kiss Kim Kardashians butt showing her bodyguard, pascal is his name, and how it ended where he hes scary. D that guy. 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