Mike santoli. Thank you both for joining us. Carl and jon have the morning off. We have news from the trump transition and john harwood. Weve just had the transition call with the Incoming White House press secretary, sean spicer. He said that donald trump around 4 00 today is going to have an Economic Development announcement that will be good for American Workers. Didnt specify what it is, said he wants to keep everyone guessing. Dont know if its Something Like the deal that he engineered with carrier to try to preserve some jobs that were headed for mexico or a new investment. Of course, he met with the softbank president who pledged 50 billion investment in the United States. Dont know what its going to be, but we will bring it to you when it happens later this afternoon, guys. And of course, it is a little bit more, john, than two weeks before we are expected to learn about what the president elect will do with his own businesses. You mention that this will likely have to do with
Transylvania county man charged with first degree murder continues. Richard oshields is accused of shooting and killing toby mathis in 2011. Holly news 13s Lauren Brigman is live outside the courthouse in brevard. Lauren, several people claim they saw oshields pull the trigger. Lauren yeah, witnesses say that oshields came into the rosman Dollar General store and began firing at mathis. Authorities say oshields shot him five times. Prosecutors are calling this a revenge killing. They say that oshields killed mathis as payback for his sons death. Mathis was charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for the death of oshields son joey months prior to the shooting. On friday, the jury heard from prosecution witnesses including the countys medical examiner at the time of the killing. He detailed a diagram of mathis wounds. A detective with the Transylvania County sheriff Offense Department testified lead fragments were found at the scene and the jury saw Surveillance Video from the with news 13
Including the countys medical examiner at the time of the killing. And a detective with the Transylvania County Sheriffs Department who testified that lead fragments were found at the scene. Last week, Surveillance Video of the shooting was also presented during trial. Authorities say oshields shot mathis five times at the rosman Dollar General store. Mathis was charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for the death of oshields son just months prior. The trial is now in its third day. Live in brevard, Lauren Brigman news 13 3 3 3 happening today. A Major Economic Development Announcement in Henderson County. Governor pat mccrory will be on hand for the announcement at 4 30 this afternoon at the historic Henderson County courthouse. Last month, county commissioners approved a nearly 7 Million Dollar incentives package to bring in gf linamar, a car parts plant, to mills river. The company would invest 217 Million Dollars and create 350 nenejobs. 3 also today, we could learn more about duke
Of course, they have pandora in space. 30 years ago, yeah. Also, it with us new then. Welcome back, sam. Good to have you here. Well begin with the race for the white house. Its your your voice, your vote. Donald trump the clear frontrunner in the republicans. Their next contest in nevada tomorrow and abcs tom llamas is here with the latest. Reporter george, good morning. Donald trump takes his highroller campaign to vegas today while his two closest competitors, senator mar cue row owe and ted cruz try to argue the odds are on their side to win the nomination. Their argument, trump may be winning today. But there are still 70 of voters not picking donald trump. This morning, donald trump on a victory lap following a big win in South Carolina. Saying hes attracted gop voters in all shapes and sizes. We won with everything. Tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people. Just won. In atlanta, the lights went on over the crowd. Crowd. I like that muchh better. Because the likes don
Through the area. Beatties ford at miranda road weve got an accident. The good news is im not seeing a big delay here, but its something well continue to monitor for you. And then angela hong, shes just a few minutes away from an accident a road closure, i should say because of standing water this. Is on hawthorne just north of Central Avenue. Well have live reports, more information coming up on this . Just a few minutes. John. Take a look at your screen here. We just got video in from reporter dave ferraday, this is from airport road in morganton. Take a look. Wow a huge tree fell across the road, took down power lines with it there. Big problems. The firefighters are working to get it cut up and moved off the road. Its just one of many problems up there. Weve been telling you that highway 7 is closed in both directions because of power lines down there too. County officials told us about a half an hour ago that half the town of morganton is without power. We just got updated power o