Not really. Eyewitness news. Protests in the triangle transform into arrests. What theyre demanding and what landed them behind bars. Death and destruction. The raging wildfires torching a popular tourist destination. Blue cross blue shield nc takes steps to make some customers think twice before heading to the emergency room. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news center with a ruling on legislative maps that is shaking things up in north carolinas political scene. Just a couple of hours ago federal judges ordered our state to redraw those controversial state election maps. And heres the kicker every Single Member of the General Assembly just elected to office earlier this month thier terms were just shortened to one year meaning theyll be up for reelection not in two years panel is giving our state legislators until march to re draw the maps. If lawmakers are unable to do so the federal judges say the court may. The architects of the maps representative david lewis and senat
Next on Eyewitness News. A fayetteville neighborhood rocked by two shootings in one day. How it all began with a homeowner defending his property. Plus and a Gas Leak Forces businesses to evacuate in raleigh. Eyewitness news starts right now. A gas leak in a congested area of raleigh. Sending rush hour traffic into gridlock. And businesses into evacuation. And it will impact the morning commute. Good evening im tisha powell. And im joel brown. Around 12 30. Work crews hit a gas line in the five points area. Closing down a number of roads. Some areas are still closed tonight. From raleigh. Any word yet on when everything will reopen . No word on that. So for the morning. Know that part of whitaker mill. In front of Hayes Barton Baptist church. Is still closed. Along with part of glenn avenue. Near yadkin bank. Everything else opened a few hours of traffic headaches. And lost business. Chopper 11 hd. Giving us a birds eye view of the mess that was the five points area. Crews working to s
Information received so far if they were inside or outside the hotel. This is an ongoing investigation. The ccbi is here looking into the incident. The area remains blocked off into the investigation as police are still working to gather information about what happened. There are guests inside of the hotel. I did see a couple of them looking through the windows train to figure out what is going on with a couple people moved on. There are two neighboring hotels and i spoke with the general manager of the hilton and the Hampton Hotel who says he will be taking a closer look to see what he may find as well. There are a lot of people looking into this situation. Once we can gather more information, we will give it to you. A suspect shot and wounded by Raleigh Police remains in Critical Condition at wakemed. Yearold medukay who was forced out of the condos in october for not paying rent. Last august he served 30 days in jail for stabbing his brother with a steak knife. He got into a struggl
Where to start on answering this question. Of course the elections will not be rigged. What does that mean . President obama takes on trump. 400 Million Dollars being flown to iran. What is going on . 400 million in cash. We announced these payments in january. This wasnt some nefarious deal. Donald trump says he saw money pouring off of a plane in iran. I have no idea what he is talking about. Id be thinking about iran contrafrom like 35 years ago or Something Like this. He recently criticized me saying i was a bad governor of new jersey. Do you think donald trump is confused . I absolutely think he is confused. New polls show Hillary Clinton pulling ahead in National Polls. Ive met people who were destroyed by donald trump, so take a look at what he has done, not what he says. That is scary. Recovery efforts under way in new orleans after a tornado touched down in the citys frightening moments at an airport in italy. A cargo jet was landing and overshot the highway and ran onto the h
Mid70s here in raleigh. So your forecast for the day ahead, 76 with fog at 8 00 a. M. 64 at noon. High of 88. Also looking at potential for storms. 85 by 6 00 this evening. Ill have a closer look at the forecast in just a little bit. But lets check in with ali who has a look at traffic this morning. Good morning. Were taking you to nc 147 durham freeway were you can see we have no problems. We actually have more problems with the i believe were going to put up drive Time Graphics so you can see what its look like out there. But if not, lets go right to russ and stefan. Looks like well straighten out those issues for you guys. I was a little confused. What just happened. Aim is there just a black scene is all. This morning authorities are investigating a police chase that ended wet a crash on i40 in garner. We brought this to you as Police Officer attempted to pull over a car for speeding. Now we have three people in the hospital roughing. Emma wright is live from wakemed with more on t