With their slights flashing. We asked one of the officials on scene if that was connected to this. They were being cagey and all they were saying is were checking a few things out. We have confirmed a 45yearold cab driver shot to death after he brought one or more fare fairs fairs here. Im steve sbraccia. The man shot and killed in raleigh pleading for justice. The attorney calling the accused killer George Zimmerman 2. 0. Copley is charged with murder after he shot Kouren Thomas on singleleaf lane. Minutes before the shooting copley called 911 and said he was armed and was going to protect the neighborhood. Im locked and loaded and going out to secure the neighborhood. Im sorry . Im going to secure my neighborhood. Im the Neighborhood Watch and ill have my neighbors with me. Its 1 00 in the morning. Were going to secure our neighborhood. After the shooting copley called 911 again saying quote he fired ani arm. There is no Neighborhood Watch for singleleaf lane and friends of thomas said no one had a gun. Reporter bamberg said what tracker case. He said while zimmerman was found not guilty, he expect the outcome to be different in this case. He was a good kid. Reporter through tears, pain and grief, the family of Kouren Thomas are trying to make sense of their loss. Theres nothing i can do. I have to bury my child. Reporter hours before the shooting thomas mom to picture of him. What mr. Copley did was not protect his neighborhood, not protect his home. He took the life of an innocent man. Reporter the familys attorney who also rep sent the families of walter scott and alton sterling referred to copley as George Zimmerman 2. 0. What we dont want are vigilante homeowners who try to executioner. Reporter the attorney said thomas never had a gun and no one in the group had a gun either, that the shooting was profiling. Would this happen if there were boys skateboarding up and down the street. Would they be called hoodlums. These boys were invited to a party, didnt feel and they was on their way home. Reporter copley is in jail tonight. Hes been charged with first degreemurder. We reached out to his attorney. Hes asking the public to hold out judgment on his client until more facts are revealed. For now a 15yearold charged with murdering his he killed joseph nault. For the time being he remains with youth services. A fayetteville man is in custody for the july retaliation murder outside a tobacco store. Hurley is accused of killing mcclam. Before friend of hurleys. Two other people were in the car at the time. They were not hit. 24yearold arlock jackson of fayetteville is accused of trying to rape a woman he met on social media. The victim was able to run from jacksons home to a neighbors house where she called 911. Mothers back with their carjacked. A man stole it at the Shopping Center on avondale drive. A short time later it was found abandoned. The two young kids inside were unharmed. The Surveillance Video shows the car jacking the moment it happened. A stolen volvo pulled up. Seco jumps into the car with a 1 yearold boy and 5yearold girl were in the back seat. Police said on ginwood court, men were driving a tan sedan. A fuquayvarina home is a total loss after a fire this tree drive. No injuries were reported. Another day in the 90s, but its the humidity thats noticeable. Bill, any rain with the humidity . Well try to go hunting for a little bit of rain. Temperatures are in the 90s with some 80s and 70s in North Carolina, but when we factor in the humidity you see the pink tinge. It the heat indexes will only get higher tomorrow. As we look at things, showers over South Carolina and moving in. Youll see a little shower around wayne county. In blaton county. They kind of wash themselves out. Up around zebulon and wendell but not Much Movement at all. So a slight risk of a stray shower. Wise warm and humid overnight and patchy fog with lows in the 70s. The coal ash controversy continues. Today dozens of people marched outside of the governors answers. Jonathan rodriguez is live in the studio with the latest. Reporter this all comes down to the safety of Drinking Water and its dividing the public. I stand before you today with a heave hi heart. Reporter she backed it with heavy words. For the misleading, distrust unprofessional damage that pat mcrory and his administration have done. Reporter they are upset about the safety of their Drinking Water. What do we want . Clean water. Reporter the state Health Department said the mixup was caused by an abundance of caution. How can you be too cautious. Reporter then d rudo said the water was not safe. Everybodys confused. Reporter the Governors Office discredited rudo saying he lined under oath. We basically have a disagreement between scientists. One group, which i support, believe the public should get all the information. Reporter they said he were using all the right methods to test the water. Tom reader. Ask that he resign or be fired from his position. Reporter that letter was the final for megan davies. Im going to let my dhhs and deq respond. Reporter when asked about davies resignation let me get some other questions here. Reporter the state differences and opinions, the public is their top priority. Thank you. Coming up tonight at 5 30 cbs North Carolina beau minnick talks about the impact on the upcoming november election. At least two people are dead after an explosion at an apartment complex in a washington, d. C. Suburb. At least 30 people, including firefighters were injured in the blast. Made by the civilians. Still ahead tonight on cbs North Carolina at 5 30, an update on those missing and what investigators are saying about the cause of the fire. Plus, moving day in durham. As we head to break, heres a live look at wrightsville beach. Bill will have an update coming up. To the beaches. The piedmont. To the sandhills. North carolina is possessed of spectacular natural beauty. [ sea gulls crying ] [ man vocalizing ] run . . . I said id taken it all in . . To make the good life . . And i dont feel like im falling . . Im up against the sky . Its ours to preserve. Because were only borrowing it from our children. Students at nc central moving in. Students brought their furniture, luggage and other belongings to campus. Central has experienced a 20 increase in applications this classes start for nc central on monday. The Wake County School board is reconsidering the name for two future boards. They agreed for it to be built near old honeycutt and fuquay varina. A final decision is expected to be made next week. Folks in and around hillsborough, listen up. You could lose duke energy is doing repairs. You can find a full list of those affected on our web spierkts website website wncn. Com. Take a look at the perseid shower tonight. Scientists call this an outburst and said it could reach up to 200 meteors per hour. Oh, wow. In the Weather Center with bill reh. They happen every year. So you can see it with the naked eye. As long as you see the mon in the sky, youre not going to do much viewing. Once the moon goes down. 100, 200 meteors tonights the peak. You might be able to see them. If you see a star, just enjoy it. There will be partly cloudy skies just look we have right now. 90 degrees out there. Rays of sunshine for your friday. How about a mostly to partly sunny day. Humidity, it will be in the mid 70s, maybe lower 70s over the weekend but thats still in the red steamy category. It is the weekend coming up, never too early. If you have plans to be outside, dont forget the sun screen and plenty of water. 93 on average for saturday and sunday. Really not much rain in the triangle at all. So the pattern is still the same. Thats where all the showers and thunderstorms are. We see a little bit of moisture and most of it over South Carolina. We have a little bit of instability out there. First of all, the temperatures 89 in raleigh, 90 in durham, and pine hurst. You can see a little bit of echo activity southeast of goldsboro. These things bubble up in very isolated locations. They dont move much and die out. You have a couple showers on the border. So a little moderate rain there. Once again drifting to the north. If you get a brief shower, it wont be around for much. Hour by hour forecast. That shower possible. Otherwise, muggy overnight. Then we get up and go in morning. Could be patchy fog, 67. 81 at 10. Lunchtime mid80s but feeling like 95. We might see triple digit heat index tomorrow afternoon as we get into the low 90s. No more than a 20 chance as we continue that flow off the southeast. Eyes tomorrow will be 94 in fayetteville and fort bragg. 93 in south hill, virginia, very similar temperatures to today. So as we look at the futurecast, not much going on today. Partly cloudy, a little bit of fog early in the morning. Then we get a little bit of green activity popping up, nothing more than a stray or isolated thunderstorm. As we head into the weekend, the front is stationery to the north stationary to the in the mountains. This front is really slowing down. Now it wont be here until wednesday or thursday. The slight risk of a shower or thunderstorm, you see the 90s. Sunday 93 degrees, maybe hotter. This looks like the core of the heat over us on sunday and no relief. Monday still hot. Degrees. Thats when the front should come through. That should be a mostly cloudy day with highs in the 80s. Youll need your umbrella handy. A hot weekend but if you like to be outside doing things, sun screen and water, you will not get washed out. President ial nominee Hillary Clinton opened up a string of offices. A new report by aaa reveals the growing dangers of debris take a look at this. It happened about 8 30 this morning in fayetteville. We dont know how the driver got his car on raleigh, just gridlock. Significant backups over there. We have a new warning from aaa about a road risk you may not expect. Were talking about debris that flies off of other cars and hit yours. Researchers believe some of reporter heidi coffey will never forget the moment she learned her husband did not survive. He swerved to avoid a shelving unit that slid off the back of a truck. Just taking a few minutes to secure the load. Reporter aaa finds stories like heidis are between 2011 and 2014 debris on roads have called 200,000 crashes. Majority of the debris came from other vehicles. That means a driver did not properly secure their load. Reporter driving at higher vehicles and properly secure items theyre carry. And also said you should be prepared to react. Maintain space so its safe enough to do so. Reporter simple tips that could save your life and the life behind you. States have made this while the penalty is a fine, drivers can face jail time. Macys is closing 100 of its stores. The company said the closures will happen next year so you can probably expect great sales at the and of the year. Starting today they will start accepting instore payment through the app. Another step in a more than 35yearold project in fayetteville. Coming up next at 5 30 an another check on traffic. This is i440 and glenwood avenue. Traffic is moving very nicely out there. Governor pat mccrory and the head of the department of transportation are in fayetteville to open the next local residents say completion of this part of the project has been a long time coming. Planning started in the late 1980s. The first phase opened in 2005 and another milestone was celebrated today. State and local officials marked the opening of 6 1 2 miles of the highway from ramsey street to bragg boulevard. Governor pat mccrory said the mobility throughout the city but ease congestion for military stationed at fort bragg and help them better be able to do their jobs. We got the roads built factor because we took the politics out. We did it based upon data and what we needed for the state of North Carolina and fort bragg. Reporter local residents said since the completion of the first phase they have seen us. We dont have to go all the way downtown to shop and the easy access to fort bragg and over to the boulevard. Reporter the next face is a 3mile stretch to cliffdale road. They hope the whole fayetteville outer loop will be completed by 2025. Temperatures well into the 90s again today. Ye lets get over to meteorologist bill reh for a quick look at the forecast. 92 is the high in raleigh. 94 in fayetteville. It is pretty warm. We got a lot of showers down to theyre popping up and theyre dying out. Theyre in the moving much, not doing much of nying. Theres one sprinkle north of springfield. One southwest of tarboro in northern wayne county. I dont expect Much Movement in these, so dont worry about them coming your way. If you get a brief shower, they will be gone. Toasty at a couple sprinkles dying out. Thats it. Then well be dry and humid as we take you to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s. The controversy over coal ash is heating up. At 5 00 we told you how state epidemiologists resigned accusing state administrators of deceiving the public. From raleigh with the impact it could have on the election in november. Reporter sharon, there are about three months left until the election. We asked what impact they think this might have on the election. They said its too early to tell. When you have the Science Community divide against the political community, it raise as lot of questions. Reporter right now the mcroar pri administration some scientists are divide. State epidemiologist megan day sprees resigned because she had concerns about the state rescinding a do not drink nos. What is the motive of the Scientific Community to lie . They dont have any political stake into this because theyre state employees. Reporter the governor and in today. Were providing all the information necessary to ensure we have safe Drinking Water and the public know was this it is. Whats been happening over the last week or so is deeply concerning to me because i want to make sure people know the truth. Reporter so will this controversy have any impact on the election come november. Republican political consultant if some independent group puts it in a television ad, then that forces a debate on that issue. That debates not what mcroar rip wants. Reporter now coming up we just spoke a short time ago with department of environmental policy spokeswoman. She was talking about the debate between the Scientific Community. She said, really, its important to point out here that this is, at its heart, she said, a debate among scientists. For now live in raleigh, beau minnick. Taxes, jobs and the economied to the agenda for Hillary Clinton and donald trump today. The two candidates are drawing contrasts between their plans. Craig boswell is at the white house with the latest. Reporter Hillary Clinton toured a manufacturing plant that she said epitomizes her vision of the economy. Be able to build it. Reporter clinton called for billions in new investments in manufacturing, infrastructure and investments in people. 25 billion in government seed funding could unlock more than 250 billion and really get our country moving. Reporter clinton and trump have different philosophy when it comes to taxes. Billionaires and trump wants. And hes lowered the tax burden businesses should pay. Ive cut mine down to 15 . 15 for businesses. Reporter trump and clinton both close michigan for their economic speeches because its the kind of blue collar state that could election. Cbs news has also learned Hillary Clinton plans to release her 2015 taxes in the coming days. Donald trump has refused saying theyre under audit from the irs. Donald trump is facing a lawsuit from a former staffer. Vincent bordini said another member pulled a gun on him. One did anything about it. A Vice President am candidate is making two stops to the state. Tim kaine will be in asheville and then headed down to fayetteville. The organization Hillary Clinton for North Carolina is opening dozens of field offices across the state this year. They will serve as hubs for staff and volunteers. The Raleigh Office will be on east millbrook road. Anyone wanting to run for the new filing began today at noon. It follows a redistricting case where a federal court overturned the district lines drawn for the school board saying they were racially discrime na tory. The lines now go back to the way they were in 2011. We were best and pressure. We thrive with the challenge and were happy to finally get newly created districts will no longer exist meaning the candidates who file top run in those districts will not be able to run. Yet another Court Decision against state lawmakers that will impact elections in North Carolina this afternoon federal judges ruled several of the states legislative districts are unconstitutional because they were gerrymandered racial lines. Cbs North CarolinaMichael Hyland is in durham. Reporter in this 167 page opinion theyve ordered state lawmakers to go back and redraw the districts but not right away. The judges found 28 districts drawn in 2011 violated the equal protection clause. Republicans argued in court they only considered race as part of an effort to meet rights act. Earlier this year a federal judge struck down the districts said they were gerrymandered. This is another setback for the state. As they say in the street, a smackdown for the governor and the legislature. Reporter in a statement republican legislators said theyre disaappointed. Because it comes so close to election day, it will go forward has planned with these st unconstitutional. They ordered the state lawmakers to redraw them. Tonight is your chance to speak out about the potential for bringing a Minor League Baseball team to fayetteville. The plan calls for a 5,000 seat stadium. The project would cost about 30 million. Police on a high speed chase last week made his first court appearance. Elijah grubb faces charges. He started the chase after they tried to pull him over for speeding. Two teenage girls were in the car. They were all hurt but they are expected to be okay. Diseb but on police finding a missing teenager. This is 15yearold kalaya altman. If you have any information on her, please call the diseb but on zebulon police. Firefighters were called and were able to quickly put out the fire. As far as we know everyone made works inside the building said there was confusion,. Was no alarm. So we took the elevator. We had no clue. Firefighters said the fire was caused by a propane thank that exploded. And this is the aftermath of a huge fire in maryland. It happened overnight at an apartment complex. At least two people were killed and 30 were hurt. Adam may now. Reporter the explosion at a fourstory apartment come lex in Silver Spring was massive, shaking the surrounding area and scarting debris a couple hundred feet away. First we heard a big boom and my aunt went outside and checked. Then she saw a lot of fire outside. Reporter hundreds of firefighters rushed to the chaotic scene. Rescues. They transported 31 people to the hospital. Reporter investigators havent determined what caused the explosion. Three firefighters were hurt but all have been released from the hospital. Second and third floor. Reporter several people remain missing as relatives wait for answers. Her aunt and uncle live in the building located. Its terrible because my grandmother is waiting. Its hard for us to tell her your son may be dead. Reporter they are working to secure the building which is in danger of collapsing. Fire officials said there are natural gas stoves in each of the units. Explosion. A county fair in tennessee is suspending all of its rides when three girls were badly hurt monday night when they fell from a ferris wheel. The company that provided the rides was cited for the voar fix accidents vortex accidents. In pennsylvania a young boy was taken to the hospital in unknown condition after falling from a roller c conscious but his exact condition is unknown. Officials are investigating whether the ride malfunctioned. It opened in 1938 and does not require seat belts. Another big night in rio. Coming up what you can expect from the competition. Heres a look at times square in new york city. I just checked with bill reh. I got shot down over vietnam and spent eleven months in a pow camp. What donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Donald trump doesnt understand the weight of sending americans into harms way. Hes unfit to be president. A new obama care study said low income people in kentucky are healthier than texas. Whats the difference. They expanded medicaid to everyone under the Affordable Care act. Texas did not. And a disappointed decision for advocates of medical drug. 25 states including North Carolina have some form of marijuana but the government said they will not approve it on a natural level. Today state leaders met to discuss how to fight North Carolinas opioid problem. The conference was held at nc state. Health officials s many people who abuse precipitation drugs eventually turn to heroin for a cheaper quicker high. Heroin was a problem we saw in Law Enforcement in the 60s, 70s, and some in the 80s. The number of locally the rise again but authorities said the fight against mosquitoes that carry the virus is working. Reporter researchers in this lab at Florida Gold Coast University are looking for the zika virus in these mosquitoes. The team is processing and testing more than 200 mosquitoes collected from more than 30 traps in miamidade south florida. So far all of it has been negative. Reporter the biggest concern is for pregnant women because zika can cause deaf faith birth defects. Florida has been trying to prevent the spread from the ground and air and the doctor said the efforts appear to be working. We noticed the numbers that are collected in each individual trap have gone down. Started testing the zika vaccine. There will be 80 individuals in the trial. It should end by the and of 2016. Reporter thursday the secretary of health and Human Services said 30 million would be given for the vaccine research. Many students in the miami area are returning to school soon but they are not allowed to bring m it at home. A sad story from columbia South Carolina. A Football Player died after collapsing at practice. Two athletic trainers and a coach helped when he went down. They did cpr and used a defibrillator. The National Weather service said this storm was related to a Tropical Storm down in mexico. Theyve got dust over there. What do we have . Our bugs are back. Thats how you know its hot. Theres no rain to bug you today although it will be nice to get relief from 89 degrees right now. Its hot everywhere. A good day to get to the pool. Dont forget the uv index will be very high. Hot and humid, 92. Could see a late day thunderstorm. Were getting ready for the weekend. Check out theses temperatures. This is why the peak Hurricane Season is yet to come because theyve been. You can see all the reds here. Lets move in. You can see from wrightsville beach, the temperature is 87 degrees, 85 in bow fort. Those are very warm temperatures, hard to cool off. If youre headed there, 91 on saturday, just a slight risk of a storm, partly cloudy on sunday, 90 degrees. Another place to cool off, mountains, saturday. Some scattered showers and storms 83. Were at 89 in raleigh. 90 in pine hurst. 87 in wilson. In south hill, virginia. Lets remove the temperatures. We have a little bit of activity out to the east. So as we zoom in there, i mean, were talking just a little bit. Theyre washing themselves out. Around eureka you have the most moderate rain shower. If youre east of wilson you might see ominous looking clouds but thats it. As quick as they did, they were gone. So we get to tomorrow after a muggy overnight. Patchy fog early in the morchlt wool in the morning. Well climb to the 80s and then the heat index will feel like triple digits and that slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. They will be slow moving, develop and gone. Hot day tomorrow. 92 in raleigh and durham. Fayetteville 94 degrees, very similar temperatures like today. The setup tomorrow lots of rain in the gulf. The High Pressure system to our east. Weve got the flow coming out of the high bringing in the southerly breezes. Better chance in the mountains. As we head into saturday nothing more than a stray thundershower. Ive got a 10 chance. Thats it. Dont plan on rain gear need. The problem is the frontal system is stationary. It will not give us relief until the middle of next week. 92 degrees on friday. 20 chance of a thunderstorm. Youll see fair nd and fog, humid at noon. Then the isolated storm sometime after 2 or three until about sunset. Saturday and sunday the weekend forecast hot. Saturday 93. Sunday 93. Monday 92 degrees with a slight chance of a shower or storm. That will finally get its act together. Look at this, down to 88 on normal eye. Its a little relief from the 90s. We saw it again today. The high today 92. Thats way forecasted yesterday. Were up to 900 on the 3 degree guarantee for the american cancer society. Learn more at cancer. Org. Everybody knows its a great cause so thank kelly and company. Heres whats coming up tonight at 6. Reporter it started with a High Speed Police chase and ended with the driver going through this guard rail and down this steep embankment. That story coming up at 6. . . From the mountains. To the beaches. North carolina is possessed of spectacular natural beauty. [ sea gulls crying ] [ man vocalizing ] run . . . I dont feel like im falling . . Im up against the sky . . I said id taken it all in . . And i dont feel like im falling . . Im up against the sky . 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The Nra Political Victory Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. North carolina news at 6 starts now. A high speed chase ends with a crash. Im sharon tazewell. Im sean maroney. The driver of the crash is in the hospital after going 100foot embankment. Reporter we are at Heritage Lake road and highway 98. This is where the driver came to a rest or at the bottom of this steep embankment. It all started about 3 45 this morning. Thats when Wake Forest Police were called. They saw a suspect trying to break into cars. When officers arrived, they spotted a white lexus speeding off. They told us officers lost si homeowner called saying a man came to their door who was badly injured. Thats when the police realized the two incidents were connected. They said the white lexus was stolen from a local dealership but at this point theyre trying to piece together what happened. This was 3 45 in the morning