Republican frontrunners. Donald trump now ahead in a state that once seemed to be ted cruzs to lose. And more worrisome for the cruz camp is trump could be key endorsements. High drama in the democratic contests, too. Weve got both races covered starting with nbcs katy tur. Hi, katy. Reporter hey there, lester, you know its crunch time when one candidate is flying known endorsements and the other issuing a warning. Donald trump is about to take the stage joined by arizona sheriff jozef arpaio known for his hardline stance on immigration. The clock is ticking in iowa. Six days left and donald trump is pulling ahead. Today leading in five of the last six major polls here. The race now a cage match between the billionaire and his texas rival ted cruz. Each looking for a knockout punch. We have a very powerful endorsement coming down today. Reporter for trump a major evangelical endorsement, jerry spoke glowingly of trump at Liberty University last week. In my opinion donald trump lives th
Chapter president s and the pan helen nick executive board. Each chapter will be asked to review its activities on alcohol use. That meeting was scheduled for 5 00 it was closed to the media. The university i want to mention too is not identifying the student involved in this or the sorority. Were going to have more on what students have to say about all this coming up at 7 00. Live at duke, im amy cutler, nbc charlotte. Also breaking news in garner a pedestrian killed on the ramp from 40 eastbound to u. S. 70. This is a live look from the scene right now. Police tell us this area could be backed up for a while. Again, we know one person a pedestrian is dead after an accident there. Garner police are on scene and it happened just before 5 00. Well have more you tapes as they come in. The aspcs is calling it one of the biggest rescue operations in its history. Nearly 600 animals, cats, dogs, rescued from a socalled safe shelter in hope county. Our nate rogers has been on the scene all d
Tight lipped about this. They wouldnt give us any information about the specifics of the case. They wouldnt identify the student or the sorority involved. Amy cutler live from duke. Thank you. Authorities are calling it one of the biggest Animal Rescue operations in history. Today the aspca took nearly 600 animals from a shelter in hoke county. Wncns nate rogers is live in re ford with the latest. Raeford with the latest. Reporter that is rights began investigating after numerous reports of sick animals being adopted by the shelter. The Sheriffs Office executed a search warrant. Once on the property, they say the conditions were deplorable. People tried to tell the state many times. But today, theres action more than 600 animals found in need of medical care. Others with severe respiratory disease. Some of that is living environments. Some of the buildings here are just really insufficient, very unsanitary environments for the animals. Property owners steven and linda face multiple cou
The shelter wednesday morning after complaints from neighbors and other agencies. They found hundred animals 600 animals in need of care and were neglected. They also found 15 dogs that had been burr id at the sheller. The conditions were seeing here didnt happen overnight. This is longterm neglect. Reporter the Property Owner steven and linda spear now face multiple counts of animal cruelty. Norris says the owners took them in because they didnt want to abonn don them abandon them. She never witnessed any signs of neglect. Just injustice because they have put heart and soul into that place. Reporter meanwhile the focus now shifting to giving the animals treatment so they can be adopted down the road. They came here with a promise of being adopted into a loving home and we intend to fulfill that. Reporter from here, the panels will be taken to a shelter where theyll be given a thorough medical examination and treatment and many of you have asked when these animals would be available fo
Reporter the Property Owner steven and lynden spear face multiple counts of animal cruelty. Lots of animals showed up and the owners took them in because they did not want to abandon them or accepted send them to a shelter that would euthanize them. Its injustice. They have put their heart and soul into that place. Reporter the focus now shifts to giving the animals treatment so they can be adopted down the road. They came here with the promise of being adopted into a loving home and we intend to fulfill that. Reporter the animals will be taken to another shelter where a team of vets will give them a thorough medical exam nation and begin treatment. Meanwhile, the owners have been released from jail on 5,000 bonds. A lot of our viewers are asking about adoption. What is the aspca saying about that . Reporter they say these animals will be available for adoption at some point, but they still need to go through the their treatment before they will be available. Thats a process thats expe