Rnet and unlimited calling. Say yes to more. Call now. Eyewitness news. New accusations hurled in the race for governor. why the Mccrory Campaign says votes were cast by dead people. how it could drag out the process even longer. Plusa wildfire surges in the North Carolina mountains. Why more trouble is in store for the weekend. And Community Leaders press for action after graffiti is found in durham. Eyewitness news begins right now. First at ten breaking news first at ten a car slams into a Durham Police car in a construction zone. It happened on highway 70 near holloway street. Police were on the bridge to slow down traffic. But a car woundup running into the cruiser. No one was hurt. Watch for the latest on air and online. Right now on Eyewitness News governor mccrory and tonight his campaign is filing a protest in 50 counties claiming dead people showed up to vote. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. This comes as Elections Officials race against the clock to certi
Dangerous storms will be hanging out for the next several hours as we drop from the low 80s and hold there until we go into the upper 70s late tonight. Of course, this is just day one of what is anticipated to be another stormy week. Well talk about when we might see dry time coming up. If you scrnt already havent already, download the weather app. Just look for it in your app learned today he will remain behind bars on murder charges. He is accused of firing a gun from inside his garage hitting kourenrodney thomas. You spoke to his family. What did they tell you. Reporter i spoke to his mother who said shes having a hard time function without her thomas two brothers said thomas was a good kid who was about to move into his apartment for the first time and that he did not deserve this. He took my baby. Reporter Simone Butler thomas is comforted by her two sons as she grieves the loss of so him. I cant even put in words how much theyve taken from us. Reporter Raleigh Police said thomas
Take a listen. . [ music ] . . Those ladies are trying to get home to minnesota as you see. They are taking a positive outlook on it all when i ran into them they had been in line for an hour and 40 minutes just to see a desk agent. They hadnt even gone through security yet. Throughout the day at rdu travelers faced incredible wait times up to four hours in line all of cours outage that caused a system wide shut down for six hours. Many flights and cancellations as a result have been impacted in some way. Travelers seem to be taking it all in stride. The terminal was calm and quiet other than of course a little singing. Everybody is so nice. Thought might as well make the most of the time. You can be grumpy or happy and i choose to be happy. Just smile and keep going. I choose to be happy. Thats what a lot of people were saying around 1 30 this afternoon delta had only operated 1600 of the 6,000 flights scheduled for today. The incident is likely to drag on for a few days and it is est
Narrative. Her resignation is immediate and a big loss for her professionally and personally. We reached out to the Governors Office for comment. Were also working on contacting dr. Davies. Well have more at 11. Thank you. Governor mccrory said the state will take the voter i. D. Case to the Supreme Court. Political reporter beau minnick joins us with more on the timeline. Reporter address this month whether they would put a hold on the federal Appeals Court decision which overturned the law but time is important here as election day is less than three months away. Were going to be asking chief Justice John Roberts to allow photo i. D. He spoke about it at the donald trump rally one person, one vote. Reporter aclu of North Carolinas legal director chris brook was on the legal team that argued against the law. These are measures that north carolinians have come to rely upon, made it easier for all north carolinians to vote. The governor is trying to take that away. Reporter he said repu
Racially discriminatory intent. Its clear what the legislature was aiming to do, making it harder for peernlings particularly africanamericans to vote. So whats with this voter i. D. Reporter donald trump spoke at both North Carolina rallies questioning why there would be a problem having it on the books. I have no doubt that mr. Trump has access and the people working for him who can to navigate voting processes. Reporter the law had also done away with same day registration. Ahead at six well ask North Carolina voters what they think should be done. A Nonpartisan Organization is raising concerns about early voting. North carolina loves early voting. We have a heavy reliance on early voting. They want to use it. They have about a week to get it all done. We checked and all counties must present plans by the 19th. Public policy polling shows a toit tight race with roy cooperad mccrory by one point. The governors Approval Rating is negative with 43 disproving disapproving. Temperatures