And we do say good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. President trumps first day in his hometown since taking office ends today, and the controversy will follow him out of town. The president unexpectedly addressed the violence in charlottesville during a News Conference placing blame on both sides. The comments come just a day after the president denounced White Supremacy groups. Now, the comments reportedly caught the white house staff off guard, and people are saying this photo right here, the president s new chief of staff, john kelly, looking especially displeased, some say. Abcs emily rau is live in washington with the details. Good morning, emily. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. President trump initially appeared before the press to talk about infrastructure, but the topic quy klicedrntu t charlottesville, and the president was combative and defiant. That was a horrible, horrible day youre not putting the wait a minute. Im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. T
Park. Trying to protect her three children. And the former state trooper seen here shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. What he told his victim in court today. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night, and we begin tonight with President Trump in the lobby of trump tower, spending 15 minutes late today defending his response to charlottesville. The president facing outrage after taking 48 hours to condemn racism and to call out groups by name. Much of that from leaders of his own party. Tonight President Trump said he needed all of the facts before delivering his soresponse, and went on to say there was blame on both sides, adding the initial protesters did have a permit. Abcs mary bruce was there for it all. She leads us off tonight. Reporter President Trump today defiant and doubling down. Defending his decision to wait 48 hours after the hatefueled violence in charlottesville, to call out the White Supremacists by name. Why did you wait
We do say good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. President trumps first day in his hometown since taking office ends today and the controversy will follow him out of town. The president unexpectedly addressed the violence in charlottesville during a News Conference placing blame on both sides. The comments come just a day after the president denounced White Supremacy groups. It caught the white house staff off guard and people are saying this photo right here, the president s new chief of staff, john kelly looking especially displeased. Some say abcs emily rau is live in washington with the details. Good morning, emily. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. President trump initially appeared before the press to talk about infrastructure but the topic quickly turned to charlottesville and the president was combative and defiant. That was a horrible, horrible day wait a minute. Im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. Reporter President Trump defending his decision to wait tw
And swallowed a car. The main broke on 1st street between clinton and willow. Eyewitness News Reporter Lauren Glassberg is there. The jackhammering has subsided at least for now. The digging continues right at the corner of willow and 1st. Digging continues and thats happening all the way up the block as well. Further up the block, thats where that car lit really sank in to the street. This happened before sun up this morning. The water on 1st street between willow and clinton still off as crews worked to fix the water main here and then theyll be working to fix the actual street. I pull up, roads closed, and theres a car just popping out of the sidewalk and theres the entire street flooded. Reporter this is how 1st street looked earlier this morning. A water main break pumping water out and a car drowning in a massive sinkhole. About 6 a. M. The car alarm in the apartment right up there. So looked outside, saw the street was flooded. Only took a few seconds to figure out it was my car
Averaging 100 voters an hour, and there has been a steady stream all morning. This is the first time that the states primary election is in march instead of may and puts more importance on North Carolinas primary, and thats why donald trump, Bernie Sanders, and Hillary Clinton were all in our area yesterday. The voters told me because there are such varying views on the issues, it would be more important for them to come vote today. Coming off the economic crisis in 2008, its important to make sure that ourselves and our children are taken care of in the long run. Reporter nearly 700,000 people voted early across the state which is 10. 5 of registered voters, significantly more than the last president ial primaries in 2012. All voting precincts in the state are tonight. Stay with channel 9 throughout the evening. Well have Election Results on come in. Liz foster, channel 9, Eyewitness News. And thank you, liz. Channel 9 is your complete source for the primary election. Watch Eyewitness