During her time here. We spoke to a local artist who worked with them, and he says the memories he has of nancy will last a lifetime. Reporter chaz says during his interactions with her, it soft, and warm. Reporter chaz vagan has times. Sculpting a former president is a great process, one that nancy reagan was very involved in. When she saw the model, my model, she ended up going up to it and caressing the clay, the back of his head, like she was straightening out his hair, and the little interaction was described so warmly from reporter in 2011 he was invited to sculpt him again, this time with nancy beside him. I looked up, and she turned the corner, seeing it for the first time. Of course i was nervous, but it was wonderful. I went to greet her, and i took her by the arm, and we walked to the statues together. Reporter he shared with me his favorite detail of the sculpture. I sculpted his hand on her back. Two figures standing there, but they are actually one. Reporter the everlasting sign of devotion to one another that they were known for. At one point it was time for her to be photographed with it, and she was trying to figure out where to pose, and i said hold his hand, and she immediately, without thinking, said i always. Did nancys body will be laid to library alongside her beloved husband. A local man who worked under nancy reagan while her husband served in office said just last week he got a thank you letter from the former first lady. Ken baron is now the chief of staff for the billy grammy association. He is finding comfort in his faith that she is by her husbands side. I pray that she is beside him right now because that love affair deserves to be in heaven. Reporter baron was the director of project and policy for the first lady, and he showed us pictures of major campaigns they worked on together including the drug awareness program, just say no billy graham said he was privileged to know them for 50 years and is saddened by the news of nancys passing. She will be greatly missed, and reunited some day in the future in heaven. New tonight tom tillis and robert pitinger opened up about how important she was to the country and to her husband. Ronald reagan had a great vision for america, and there is no one he counted on more, trusted more or depended on more than his beloved wife, nancy. The love that they showed for one another, the support that nancy gave to president reagan and vice versa, its a role model. Ahead in the next 15 minutes, we will look back on Nancy Reagans legacy, the unique path she took, and the impact she had as first lady. To a developing story tonight, channel 9 has been pushing for answers all day after troopers said a man was hit and killed on i485 trying to help a woman with flat tire. To friends and family of the victim, alastair tequ. No tequin. Reporter a manager here confirm head was an employee, and he worked here driving two coworkers home last night before he was hit and killed. Authorities said he stopped to help a woman with a flat tire, and he was standing near her car when a van hit him it does not appear that alcohol was a factor. Authorities said the driver of the van agreed to be tested volt untearly. The woman who was stranded was not hurt, and tonight highway control is still investigating, and a now a manager here says tequin was from North Carolina, and he was close to the employees here, and i spoke to who was too emotional to speak tonight. Deshawn brown. Breaking news in south charlotte. In the last 40 minutes, charlotte fire said they responded to a fire in an abandoned home back in the woods at bryson bend drive. You can see a number of trucks on the scene as well as firefighters. Firefighters are investigating what caused the fire. A couple of hours the North Carolina transportation secretary will head to texas to see firsthand why a toll road project there is failing. We told you a subsidiary of the Parent Company hired to do the i77 toll a lanes fired for bankruptcy in austin. Officials there signed a 50 year deal to operate like north governor mccroy ordered tomorrows trip. Detectives say the friend of a teenager killed friday afternoon has been charged with Quintonio Porter was driving when he exchanged gunfire with someone outside of the vehicle. That person was at the corner of keels and black street, and during that exchange, police say harding was shot and killed. Porter was hit in the leg, and his bond has been denied. Hours before that deadly shooting, shots were fired into three different rockhill homes on thursday night, and we have been checking with rockhill police, and so far none of the cases have been connected. Democratic candidates for president just wrapped up a debate in michigan ahead of the primary there on tuesday. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders went head to head in the city of flint where residents are dealing with a major toxic water crisis. We have got to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. I have to rebuild flint, michigan, and communities all over the country. I will make sure as check and i will work with elected officials who i trust, like your mayor, like your senators, like your member of congress so we can assure you that when its fixed, you can trust it. Today marco rubio won the republican primary in puerto rico, and Bernie Sanders monday today in maine. North carolinas primary is march 15th. Today donald trump will be in the charlotte area, and hes scheduled to be at the event center in concord for a rally at noon, and on the democratic side, former president bill clinton will also be in North Carolina campaigning for his wife hillary. He will be in raleigh tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning an Elementary School will hold a communal prayer after a 4th grader brought a gun to class. We told you on friday the student had a gun inside of Mount PleasantElementary School all day, and students were evacuated, but no one was hurt. Available at that school tomorrow. Tomorrow the Chesterfield County sheriff and Pageland Police chief will meet with town administrators. Earlier this week more than half of the police force walked off the job after the town administrators reinstated larry brown. Since then jay brooks has been named the interim police chief. He laid out a 30 day plan to patrol the streets and to try to convince some officers to come back to work. Police are investigating a Home Invasion after a mother says she found her teenage daughter undressed and taped to a chair. It was this afternoon in raleigh. The mother says she and her other kids were at the park when she got a text from her daughter saying two men had broken in, and when she got home, she found her daughter naked and taped up in a closet, and she talked about what happened but did not want to show her face. I pulled up, and everything was normal, and people were and i dont know what im walking into. Authorities said the two men broke in through the back of the house. This week three towns will vote on he has looses to send a clear message to cms leaders that they want neighborhood schools intact. Tomorrow the towns of huntersville and cornelius will vote. The resolutions will be decided on before the Cms School Board meets tuesday evening at 6 00. New at 11, two men are facing drug charges after several agencies search prodduation their homes. During their searches, they found a quarter pound of marijuana in todd andersons possession, and investigators said they also caught robert frost with methamphetamine. Both men are expected in court tomorrow. A tow truck driver charged after police say he shot a truck owner will be in court Jarvis Simpson shot him yesterday morning after booting his car in south charlotte. Simpson is charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon and inflicting serious injure. This tuesday will be 2 years since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared, family and friends held a memorial for the 239 people on board in malaysia. The flight was on its way to beijing when its believed it went down in the indian ocean. Crews continue to search for signs of debris. Jimmy carter says he no longer needs cancer treatment. Heusered the news at a church in georgia today. A spokesperson says doctors will continue to do scans on the 91yearold to make sure the cancer does not return. Carter announced in december a scan found no sign of cancer. Her devotion to her husband. Each other. Channel 9 looks back on nancys life, legacy, and the made. Theres been a lot of excitement on social media coming ee weather nancy reagan was beloved and left her mark on history, and one of the most memorable first ladies, following her own bath path to get there. Reporter Nancy Reagans life started with a career in acting, but then she landed on a communist sympathizer list. A friend set up a feeting with Ronald Reagan meeting with Ronald Reagan to see if they could help. That started the 52year love story. Her public worry and concern for him going if forward after proved she was the president s caretaker. It was for real. That was not an actress. Thed a duration that they adoration they had for each other. Reporter she drew criticism for redecorating the white house at a time when the economy was not great. Some thought she had too much of an influence on her husband. No one questioned her love for her ronnie especially during his 10 year battle with alzheimers and championed his legacy after his death in 2004. Theres people who told me it gets much easier. Well maybe for them, but not for me. I miss him more now than i ever did. Reporter nancys stepson michael tweeted today saying nancy is where she has always wanted to be, with her ronnie. Governor mccroy also tweeted about her death saying nancy reagan was a combination of strength, grace, and devotion. Its a sad day for our nation. Governor nikki haley said she inspired us and we can take comfort she is with her sweet ronnie again. One man has been charged after he nearly took out an officer with his car, resisted arrest, and then led officers on a chase. Boyd refused to get out of the car and then rolled up his window, trapping an officers arm. The officer was able to get loose, and boyd took off. Police caught him after his car broke down. Tomorrow North CarolinaHealth Officials are expected to release new numbers on mump cases in our area, and last week we told you unc charlotte confirmed a second student was diagnosed with the mumps, and the university told us the and is no longer showing symptoms, and that means across North Carolina, theres 15 confirmed on probable cases. York county council could address a freeze on new Housing Construction as soon as tomorrow. Our partner at the harold report that the proposal would ban the county from issuing housing plans in fort mill and bethel. The average price of gas is up 7 cents over the last 2 weeks, and Industry Analysts say its still 70 cents cheaper than a year ago, and experts say the small price hike is because of growing demand and Higher Crude Oil prices. Checking on prices here, drivers in charlotte are paying 1. 68, and South Carolina is meteorologist john ahrens tomorrow. Reporter it will be smooth. We will watch the moisture build up in charlotte, and you will see the dew on were windshield. Theres also going to be a little bit of fog, and i think the greatest possibility for that fog, that will be mainly across rockingham and waynesboro tomorrow morning. We are talking a about a warmup and social media is buzzing about this. We could be close to 80 degrees, but the price tag is clouds, and i think the clouds will keep a lid on temperatures, so i do not believe we will actually see the 80 in charlotte. Tomorrow morning, be mindful. We are talking about warmth, and in the morning it will be chilly. You need to dress in layers for sure. Watch out for the fog. Along highway 52. Should be a good driver hickory to lankington. In lancaster tomorrow, about 55 or so. Lunchtime, high clouds will take over later into the afternoon. Those are cirrus clouds. The whispy clouds are an indicator of warm air build in may be overcast by 4 00 or 5 00. A great day for us, and a nice way to start the week. We will be in the middle 60s. Uptown for Elizabeth Meyers park in chester and chesterfield, i think we will have more sunshine here and maybe an opportunity at 70 in the afternoon. We are going for it. Warmer and warmer, each and every day this week, and i think the warmest will be on thursday. Much sunshine, and nice and bright for tomorrow, and not so much on thursday and friday. You can keep up to date with the changes with the wsoc weather app, and one thing you will watch carefully, we will provide updates on facebook and twitter, the pollen it will be a rough update for us, and i have to tell you, theres not going to be a lot of rain around. The Doppler Radar is dry, and keith monday will be talking about the best chance on daybreak, but it has to wait until the upcoming weekend. Dry through friday, and showers and thunderstorms possible on saturday, when we get ready to change the clocks and maybe get on sunday as you finalize the weekend plans. Keith will talk about the possible wet weather tomorrow morning. Near 80 . Yeah, but for this time of the year it may feel too early for that, especially if youre reaching for the medicine cabinet for allergy relief. There were six cautions and las vegas at the the condition at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were not ideal on sunday. Six cautions and ten lead changes were had, and it was one of martins crew members is pummeled right there. Lets fast forward, and 6 laps to go, and its his brother Kyle Busch Bush hanging on to sweep the weekend, but the 18 car simply didnt have the speed at the end. The 2 car making the pass by busch, holding off the rest of the field. The last time kaselowski won a california. Joey logano finished second. Finally started to take off with about 25 to go, and i was able to get to 2nd, and as soon as i got to 18, i saw his car had fallen off, and mine hadnt. Gosh, thank you so much. Its such a great feeling to get back to victory lane. Its been way too long. The owner joe gibbs on hand, and looking on as kyle busch came so close to sweeping the weekend. Afternoon, and he finished in fourth place, however, he still leads the standings in points with 116, and Jimmie Johnson right behind him with 10. The 18 car has finished in the top 5 of all 3 races this season. Huge vibration. I dont know. I had a vibration when we put the rights on, and it was worse and worse and worse. At the end, i didnt know if the tire was coming apart or what the deal was. We struggled all weekend. Thats not where we should have finished, i guess. Not a happy camper. 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