Eyewitness news. Interstate closed. three different crashes. Creating a mess. And forcing people from their homes. how long itll take for the highway to re open. And the School System delaying classes tomorrow. The latest details just in. Plus the final showdown. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton go all in in vegas. The major change to protocol even before the debate got underway. And. Call for help. The one action by a Texas Police Officer that save Eyewitness News starts right now. developing right developing right now a crash shuts down a 16 mile stretch of i95 in Johnston County and at least one part wont reopen until friday morning. Good evening. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The wreck involves this tanker truck. That crashed in the. The carolina outlets exit in smithfield. An rv hit the truck hauling hazardous materials. Causin b both to catch fire. I95 is closed in both directions between exits 81. The i40 interchange. And exit 97. The ramp for highway 70. The northbound lanes are scheduled to reopen tomorrow morning at eight. The southbound lanes wont reopen until friday at eight am. Angelica alvarez is live at Cleveland High School in clayton which is housing evacuees tonight. Angelica . We know at point more than 40 people were using the shelter set up earlier. Now theyre being moved to this school and one in princeton. Schools here will be on a two hour delay tomorrow. As people wait to find out when they can go home. Flames. Mangled metal. And lives lost. Three accidents. Along i95. Within just miles of each other. An eyewitness says hit a tractor trailer hauling hazardous material. Sending both up in flames. Sam walter 16 37 56 i saw a giant flame come up then smoke the smoke. From the chemicals burning. Sparking a two mile wide evacuation. Includ ing the Johnston Community college and carolina premium outlets. Jennifer clark says a Security Guard came store to store telling people to leave. Jennifer clark manager, hot topic 16 36 45 was like everybody come on theres a big out here from the accident. That accident adding to the growing backups on 95. Joe durham 18 05 15 we come up to get on here and then they shut it down here Sylvia Williams 18 22 35 we just couldnt move, we were at a standstill. A few miles down. Highway patrol was already on scene of a tractor trailer that crashed into a guardrail. Pinnin g the driver inside. And then. There was a third and deadly accident. That one involving five vehicles. Including another rv. Two tractor trailers and a moving van you see here on its side. Confirmed dead in that crash. A third was taken to the hospital. Still waiting on conditions of those involved in other two crashes. Now to vote 20 16 donald trump and Hillary Clinton. taking the stage for their final debate. This is a live look at the debate hall at the thomas and mack center in las vegas. Tonight the tension so high. The families of the candidates did not greet each other before the main event. At the request of the clinton campaign. They didnt cross paths. Meanwhile trump and clinton didnt even shake hands after they were introduced. Theyve had several testy exchanges. Including this one when clinton said russia is behind the hacking. And subsequent and wikileaks release of email from inside the clinton for North Carolina heating up this week. new polling shows the president ial candidates are within the margin of error. Democr president ial nominee tim kaine will appear in durham tomorrow afternoon. Donald trump will return to North Carolina on friday. Meanwhile early voting begins tomorrow across the state. And runs through november 5th. You can find information about where to vote right now on abc11dotcom. Just look on the homepage. New tonight the state gop calling on attorney general roy cooper. To apologize and resign for claiming governor pat mccrory is currently under investigation. News conference in raleigh. They say some 24 hours after the statement was made. It still has not been retracted. During last nights debate cooper claimed mccrory was the subject of a federal pay for play investigation over prison contracts. Mccrory said there was no investigation and told reporters later the fbi had told them there was no investigation. Gop leaders say they consider the accusation libelous and totally untrue. Federal prosecutors confirmed that federal prosecutors confirmed that they told mccrorys attorney several months ago that all maters related to the governor and contracts have been closed. Now to hurricane matthews aftermath and the state moving into the recovery phase. Governorpat mccrory announcing matthew Recovery Committee to coordinate efforts to rebuild after the storm. Joel brown is live at the State Capitol building in downtown raleigh with more on the governors plan. Joel . Governor mccrory officially moving the state in recovery mode, this evening. His plan to rebuild after hurricane matthew. And his address came with a warning. That there would be a long road ahead. It has been 16 days since i declared a state of emergency for North Carolina. And finally the floodwaters from receding. He arrived in the old Capitol House chambers to lay out his plan to rebuild. First offering sympathies to the families of the 26 victims who died because of matthew. And giving thanks to the countless heroes who came to North Carolinas rescue. Our state owes you a debt of gratitude for your heroic service. The governor announced hes tapping his chief of staff, thomas stith, to lead a special hurricane Recovery Committee tasked he signed an executive order asking the legislature to give local School Districts more flexibility on required School Calendar days if they were closed due to the storm. And he asked local School Boards not to reschedule days until lawmakers take action. Mccrory approved disaster food stamp benefits and Disaster Unemployment assistance for people put out of work by the storm. And hes extending the tax filing deadline. And waiving late penalties for storm victims. In the whirlwind of matthews aftermath. The governors gotten a closeup glimpse of the of heartache the storm wrought. But the crisis is bringing out the best in North Carolina, politics included. The governor even getting a call from his old political rival. Just today, i received a message from former governor beverly perdue, who reahed out to lend her support and say i want to help serve on this committee. This is the best of North Carolina. So, some political walls are coming down after matthew. But there are plenty of real walls to rebuild. The governor said, there are still 500 rods that remain closed or remain in storm shelters. Jbr abc 11 ewn. New tonight a new tonight a third arrest in the murder of a fayetteville landlord. 23yearold jamell wright was picked up tonight at a home near hillsboro street. Hes charged with first degree murder. 63yearold victor cirello was robbed and killed back in august. Police say wright is one of three guys captured on security cameras walking away from the crime scene Mobile Home Park on boxwood lane. All three suspects are in the Cumberland County jail. A contractor who was part of a troubleshooter investigation back in 2014 is in trouble with the law again. Christopher beard is in jail charged with obtaining property under false pretenses and failure to do work. Fayetteville police have been looking for beard and thanks to a tip through social media he was arrested in wake county today. New tonight a robbery ending with gunfire in fayetteville. This is one Main Financial on walked into the business at about noon today. And demanded cash. During the robbery. One guy fired his gun. Fortunately, no one was injured. They got away with cash. You can look for updates on this story on abc11 dotcom. Or the abc11 mobile news app. A raleigh man accused of killing a baby apparently performed cpr on the little girl during a frantic call to 911. The neighbor across hall says through the door she could see through the door she could see the dead 10 month old girl lying on the couch. Prosecutors say she was dead by the time the ambulance arrived. Two days after the 911 call Police Arrested 20year old marcus alston. Investigators say he is the boyfriend of the childs mother. He is charged not only with murder but with abusing the child causing lacerations to babys kidney and liver. One of the cyclists injured in prosecutors sharing that information as Christopher Moore made his first appearance. Hes charged with felony hit and run in monday evenings crash on high house road. Ginny davis and lori cove are still in the hospital. Davis is in fair condition and cove is in critical. A manhunt is on in durham tonight. For a killer. 33yearold antoine troublefield. Was killed in a driveby shooting on wiggins street last night. troublefield worked in cary at a place that helps people with ti year back in december. Right now, police dont have a description of the gunmans car. A Traffic Alert for drivers on the durham freeway. Starting tomorrow night part of the southbound lanes will be closed between alston avenue and ellis road. Breaking news one driving on that section of the durham freeway tonight. The dot says the right lane will be closed between eight and midnight thursday and friday nights. Both lanes will be closed between midnight and five make way for construction of the 142million dollar east end connector a 4 mile long interchange that will connect the durham freeway with us 70. When unlimited calling wasnt really unlimited. All new tonight the Cell Phone Company that may owe you money. Also coming up. Silent danger. An explosion rocks a major city. Injuring first responders. what caused the blast. And the warning that helped save lives. And call for help. Make a desperate call to 911. what the officer did to their little boy as they watched helplessly. Its the mustsee video of the night. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh Eyewitness News center chris . A powerful natural gas explosion rocking a busy shopping district. And sending a huge plume of smoke over portland, oregon. A total of eight people were hurt in the explosion including three firefighters. And two Police Officers. none of the lifethreatening. Firefighters swarmed the area and dumped water from ladder trucks onto the smoking wreckage. The situation couldve been much worse. The explosion happened before ten am. When many businesses were still closed. And firstresponders had a warning. The gas company got a call saying a construction crew hit the gas line. And they could smell smoke. In florida, a small plane caught fire after a rough landing at Fort Lauderdale executive airport. An faa spokeswoman said the planes landing gear down. Two people were on board but no injuries were reported. Fire rescue crews stationed at the air field extinguished the fire with foam. air travelers could soon get a refund if your checked baggage is delayed. Most travelers pay 25dollars or more to check a bag when flying. But you dont get your money back when your bags aree lost or delayed. But that may be about to change. The Obama Administration is proposing a new rule. That would require airlines to refund the checked baggage fee if the luggage is substantially delayed. What substantially really means. Tmobile will pay millions of dollars in fines for selling unlimited data plans that werent really unlimited. Tmobile has agreed to pay sevenanda halfMillion Dollars in fines to the federal government. And it will compensate customers with 35andahalf milliondollars worth of additional mobile data and discounts on phone accessories. Tmobile also will have to donate at least five milliondollars in free tablets or other devices to now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. We start with video out of texas that may be tough for parents to watch but a Police Officer ultimately becomes a hero to a threeyearold boy. grandbury Police Officer chase miller. Was dispatched to a parking lot. The boy was having a seizure because of the 106 degree temperature. His parents were frantic because he stopped breathing. And was unresponsive. A dash cam captures of performing cp r. And ultimately reviving the boy. Woodpecker problems in poland. A hungry bird. Refusing to leave this wildlife officer alone. The woodpecker named waclaw was first found in june as a nestling on the ground. It was then taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center where the staff cared for it before releasing it back into the wild. Surprisingly, its flown back a few surprise appearance on live television, during a turkish news broadcast. The stray cat first peeked out from behind the hosts table. The kitten then walked across the table and curled up on top of his laptop. The news director says she was later adopted by an employee at the tv station. High at rdu today when the thermometer hit 88 degrees, beating the old record of 87 set in 1941. Tonight will be fair and mild with lows in the low and mid 60s. Well have one more day in the 80s for thursday as a partly sunny skies and dry weather tomorrow. The cold front will push across the state on friday with a few showers, but most areas will see less than 1 4 of rain. The big news will be the much cooler air mass that moves in later friday into the weekend. Full sunshine will return for the weekend, but highs will only reach the low 60s on saturday and mid 60s on sunday. Night time lows will dip into the upper 30s in a f it looks like the high emotions of election season have crossed over appetite for candy this halloween. A new survey found reeses Peanut Butter cups top the list. In fact, the Peanut Butter cup is one of only three candies to be voted one of the top treats in every single state. The others kit kats and butterfingers. As for the halloween candy that topped the survey in the most states. Its none other than candy corn. A big day at the state fair tomorrow. The one thing you can do to get free admission and help the hungry. Just ahead. Plus. pencils and paper are getting a break. how School Supplies are getting a digital feel in the states largest School System. An update tonight on our abc 11 senator richard burr. And burrs got plenty to show for it. Like the hundreds of thousands burrs taken from oil and energy companies. And the billions in tax breaks hes voted for them. While voting against Clean Energy Jobs for North Carolina. See, burr had tens of thousands of dollars invested in oil and gas stocks. Big oil profits . So does richard burr. But in two decades, whats he done for you . League of conservation voters is responsible for the content after 20 years in washington, first, he opposed a bill prohibiting Insider Trading by members of congress. Now we learn burr had over 100,000 in oil and gas stocks while he backed legislation giving tax credits benefitting Gas Companies. And oil and Gas Companies donated over half a Million Dollars to burrs campaigns. No wonder richard burrs wealth has increased over 500 since hes been in congress. Thats making washington work for him. Afscme is responsible for the content of this ad. Thats making washington work for him. , josh stein will be an attorney general we can count on. Anyone that tells you different doesnt know what theyre taing about. Josh is endorsed by Law Enforcement because he has a record of making us safer. Protecting children from sexual predators. And expanding the dna database to put rapists behind bars. As attorney general, josh stein will help guys like me protect families like yours. Food drive. We filled 15 trucks yesterday and collected 130thousand dollars. Thanks o the great generosity of our community. And we checked in with the food bank of central and eastern North Carolina today. And found six of those trucks have already gone out into the community. Officials say even though our drive really helped out a great deal. The relief efforts are far from over so a few cans of food can bring you a full day of fun. Tomorrow is food lion hunger relief day at the North Carolina state fair. Fairgoers get free admission with a donation of five cans of food lion bra food. Hunger relief day benefits the food bank ofentral and eastern North Carolina. The goal this year is to raise 210thousand meals, or 250 thousand pounds of food. Wake county schools rolling out 52 thousand new laptops and tablets for students. High schools are the first to get the devices. By the end of next year. All core classrooms. Will have at least one laptop or tablet f e say the new devices mean teacher wont have reserve time in a computer lab or send students to another classroom to find technology to use. Coming up next in sports. Nc states defense gets ready for a second straight monster opponent. Plus the panthers are cleared by the nfl. But first. Some soccer from the coast. Check out this effort from nc States Julius doosherer. They took out 23 uncwilmington 2 0. When i saw the attacks on roy cooper about the crime lab, those ads are not true. Im a survivor of sexual assault. It was mr. Cooper who supported me when we went to the state legislature to get more funding for rape kits. And even after he fixed the problems in the crime lab, hes been there for me time after time ever since. Its hard for a crime victim to speak out. But roy cooper is a good man. . . Ive seen what can happen matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. He was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. They offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. They drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a splitrail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. In the aftermath of matts death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. So when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president , errifies me. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell ya. Ahh, i dont know what i said, uhh, i dont remember. Hes a mexican. I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldnt. Words have an influence. Violence causes pain. Hate can rip us apart. I know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. Priorities usa action narrator after twenty years in washington, richard burr has made millions. Increasing his wealth over five hundred percent. No wonder richard burr was one of just three senators who voted against banning Insider Trading by congress. Then theres medicare. Richard burr wrote a plan to privatize medicare and got one point one Million Dollars from the insurance industry. You. Would pay more for medicare. Richard burr. Twenty years in washington. Serving himself. Having to devise a plan to slow down Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson in consecutive weeks is about as nightmarish as scenario as you can get in College Football right now, but such is states fate. A week after snatching defeat from the jaws of victory the pack gets another whack at a dazzling quarterback and dominating team. Another playmaking defensive performance like we saw saturday at clemson would work. Like dave doeren said today we didnt just have four turnovers, we turnovers with contact last week, and that to me is what great defense is. Its a contact game, and our guys are playing physical. Theyre going to have to do it again. Has taken up residence on abc11 these last few weeks. Theyll do it again this saturday as the pack and cards get after it starting at noon. State came close vs clemson, so you know louisville will be ready sticking with state sending a freshman to acc media day is hiiighly unusual, but dennis smith junior is a highly unusual player and personality, in a good way. Smith will rep the pack in charlotte next wednesday along with malik abu. Ill be there with full coverage of all the nfl and the Players Association have both cleared the panthers of any wrongdoing related to following the concussion protocol at the end of carolinas loss to denver. Cam newton was drilled in the head and very slow to get up after this hit from broncos safety darian stewart, but did not miss any action. The panthers potentially faced fines and or the loss of draft picks game five of the alcs. Cleveland up 31 and looking to end this thing and move on to the world series. Carlos santana. 20 Andrew Miller join us tomorrow morning on abc11 for the latest Eyewitness News. Well see you agaimon torrow night for Eyewitness NewsRobert Kearney i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and ive been a republican all my life. But im the father of three girls. I cant stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos. And i sure dont want my daughters hearing it. I want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where theyre valued and respected. Donald trumps america is not the country i North Carolina used to make education a priority. We all understood the importance of having good schools. But pat mccrory seems more interested in giving tax cuts to millionaires. We rank 44th in spending per student. Dropout rates have gone up for the first time in 8 years. Were 41st in how much we pay our teachers. There is a textbook shortage. And pat mccrory has cut 3,000 teaching assistants from the early grades. He may have given tax cuts to millionaires, after 20 years in washington, were learning lots about richard burr. First, he opposed a bill prohibiting Insider Trading by members of congress. Now we learn burr had over 100,000 in oil and gas stocks while he backed legislation giving tax credits benefitting Gas Companies. And oil and Gas Companies donated over half a Million Dollars to burrs campaigns. No wonder richard burrs wealth has increased over 500 since hes been in congress. Seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. Harvey lots of tumult in las vegas. A mini trump stormed trump tower there and secret service got involved. I own this hotel. Im going to my penthouse suite. He just storms in the door. The guy is like youre trespassing, youre trespassing. He said, no, im not. I own the penthouse. Im going to my penthouse. When security are removing him, do they like pick him up . We got Azealia Banks an tells us her side of the story about whd she at happened with l crowe. I guess maybe the joke was a little too real. Pand then you gt on and call the [bleep]. He calls it a boozie party. I think she meant boosie party. Harvey no, i think she meant boosie party. Tobey maguire and jennifer meyer, his wife