Viewed as a question. Theres no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. That is not in the constitutional text. I am amused when i hear people who claim tore strict interpreters of the constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. There is more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. That is president obama talking about the fight between he and republicans or the impending fight that republicans say they will they do not want the president to make a nomination for the vacant seat but the president saying he will do just that. More to come and stay tuned here. Blazing through the palmetto state and four days south carolinians will head to the polls to vote in the president ial primary and donald trump is still the frontrunner. In the new Public Policy poll trump commands a dominating lead with 35 of voters supporting him. To ted cruzs 18
School and you cannot lock the down manpower to cover the entrances. If a student leaves campus without permission protocols are in place to return the student to campus but that did not happen. The mother says her son will not return to Lincoln Academy while she figures out his education, he has learned a lesson. Next time, i will not walkout of school. Dedrick russell wbtv on your side. Lincoln heights is a school for students who struggle academically. Cms tells us it works with parents to resolve situations. The mother claims the school has not reached out to her about this happening and she has hired a lawyer. The chairperson of the school board says the district is responsible for every student in its care everyday. Three people arrested after police found 18 pounds of marijuana and 35,000 worth of cash in a home. Police raided the house and this is near lake wylie. Rick around enabled, tyler and julie flow arrested and charged. More testimony in the trial against a cornelius bus
39 in charlotte, 37 rock hill, 39 in salisbury, 38 over to statesville, 35 hickory and morganton, 33 in boone. Shake off the 30s and wind up well in the 50s today. Cooler than yesterday but again this is sunshine. When we warm up and next rain chance is in a couple minutes. John this morning, police need your help finding the person who robbed employees at a popular restaurant in south end. An armed man went in the phat burrito before 10 00 last night. Wbtvs alex giles has the details. Reporter several cmpd officers responded to phat burrito. Officers were inside and outside looking for evidence. Employees tell us the suspect came in the business and put a gun to the managers head demanding money, then fled the restaurant and got a getaway vehicle. Officers were searching for evidence and piece together one employee described the frightening situation. Im in line making a burrito, some skinny dude with a hoodie, backpack and gun decided to run up in there and put a gun to the managers
The Campaign Presence is so strong that some predict a loss to clinton could be devastating to the sanders camp. She will beat him by lots of touchdowns. In South Carolina and it will be because of her longstanding and tight connections with africanamerican voters and its going to show the weakness that a lot of people said was bernies weakness. The gap is large in South Carolina but sanders and clinton are neckandneck in other primaries. The most recent polls out of massachusetts have the two tied and polls in michigan give Hillary Clinton the lead. We are less than a month until North Carolina will hold its president ial primary and a new poll shows donald trump with 28 of the vote and Hillary Clinton 47 ahead of bernie an Elementary School music teacher in Davidson County has been charged with Sexual Exploitation of a child. Clifton hick dpins was committing the crimes on the internet. He has been suspended with pay and held under a 300,000 bond. A georgia father accused of leaving
Is North Caldwell at 277, so again the interstate running okay but if youre on North Caldwell, injury accident in center city this morning. 485 looks good, 77, 85 both still running in the green, a few slow downs here independence boulevard up to the monroe road split or albermarle road split, and a few slow downs there on providence road. As al mentioned, the rain showers continue to move in and out of the charlotte area. But it is a nasty morning for your wednesday morning commute and keeping an eye on that is wbtvs Kristen Hampton, she is live this morning with the latest on travel conditions. Kristen . Reporter yeah, chris, i think you said it best, a sloppy mess. Let me step out of the way, this is i85 north and southbound at freedom drive in west charlotte. You can see that mist coming up off the roadway. It is not raining right now but 15 or 20 minutes ago pretty heavy band of rain came through, rewet the interstates. They will be wet throughout the morning. And that is what has