Tonight, congresswoman Barbara Comstock wonders how he got that job. Right now, were not getting answers from ice or from any of the agencies involved that explain to us what type of process they went through. Reporter the allegations against youssef ali arent new. In fact in 1998, jim handly questioned the colonel on his military past in somalia. Youve been accused of ordering the executions of more than a hundred people. Do you deny that . Reporter the most recent claims against ali come from a somali man who says he was beaten, torture, shot and ultimately left for dead at the direction of youssef ali. In february, the court of appeals said it didnt have jurisdiction to rule. I spoke with alis attorney. Ali is entitled to immunity as an official or former official of the somali government. Reporter ali left somalia before the countrys regime collapsed. He worked as a Security Guard in canada in the early 90s. Ali for serious human rights abuses and then he came to the united states.
I set a back up on a regular made it. Yeah we made it here and its 5 00 a. M. And hopefully you had a great weekend. Changes are going. Yes we ended up hitting 82 yesterday but today you may have seen the radar at the top of the show. Weve got rain moving into the area so although we dont have much falling at the moment did moment it could be heavy at times this afternoon. That will hold us into the 70s with more clouds around. Unfortunately we get an extra hour in the evening but weve got more warm days for the upcoming week. Well talk about that in your first alert in a few. Sounds good. Lets look at top headlines. Four president ial candidates will make appearances in charlotte ahead of the primary right here in North Carolina. Set to hold a rally at Charlotte Motor Speedway at two. The event is free but you have to register. We posted a link at our website wbtv. Com. And tomorrow donald trump will speak up in hickory. A rally is planned at 10 00 a. M. In monroe auditorium. The even
Trump will be in hickory on monday. Our partners report that he will be at lenoir university until monday morning. In the next 30 minutes were going to continue bring you the latest breaking details on that case after trump canceled a rally. Another big, big story this weekend the rain. We are going to see in our area. Vicki graf has been tracking this force. You have new data in. I was checking a the models that came in over night. New data shows whether stay mostly dry across the charlotte area today. It will also be much warmer. Close to 80 degrees. So the temperatures just updated within the past five 61 in charlotte. 61 in concord. 56 in boone. If you are heading out for a morning walk, we will keep cloudy skies close to 60 degrees. Highs getting to the upper 70s. Im still tracking a better chance for rain on sunday. Breaking over night cmpd responded to a pedestrian hit in north charlotte. Police say it happened around 1 45 this morning on north tryon between eastway drive and ea
77 from mooresville to huntersville 65 Miles Per Hour less than ten minutes and if you are heading out closer to town by the john belk freeway a light amount of traffic flow heading southbound and the state line heading northbound out of york county heading up towards charlotte. No issues. Stephanie . Right now im in the breaking news center. We were on scene after a man was shot twice and car jacked in west charlotte about two hours ago. Joe bruno is with police as they search for evidence and the suspect and you just got some new information for us, joe . Yeah i am told the victim is going to be okay. He was shot in the arm and leg and taken to the hospital but in the past ten Minutes Police have really shifted their investigation. What startth here at roseland avenue where the victim was looking for help. They are still not sure where he was shot. They shifted the investigation over here to turner avenue where they just picked up the markers stretch for about 900 feet down to rosals
Kristen do you want me to come off the box . Lyndsay i like that better. Im used to being a tinny bit taller than you. We have the weekend upon us, kind of humid, felt like spring all week, we havent had humidity, started to come up a little more so today youll notice it more. Muggy with the higher humidity and temperatures in the 70s. Cloudy, does that mean a lot of rain . Not necessarily, shower Chance Holding 20 , it is not overly wet tomorrow different story. Were seeing things turn more unsettled for the second half of the weekend. Talk about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. Kristen a looming deadline for voters in North Carolina who want to cast their ballots early. You have until 1 00 today to if you dont participate in early voting you have to wait until election day, this coming tuesday, the primary day. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton continue to lead the two major parties in the president ial election. Donald trump is responding to a controversy. He didnt want people