Halls. They have assured us that democrat also not compromise on repealing portions of the act, but they cant win over republicans alone. Across the country, lawmakers are meeting with constituents. The talk always turns to health care and what the republicans plan to do with the Affordable Care act. While the republicans faced hostile, loud crowds, the Democratic Leaders in california were greeted by supporters today. And a real difference in the lives of the american people. Reporter the democrats say they will not compromise on redrafting the Affordable Care act, but as the minority party, theyll need public help. You have to talk to your friends in the republican districts to tell them to call their member of congress. Reporter the democrats argue medicare and medicaid are tied to the a. C. A. And we do have some republican governors who are helping us who have expanded medicaid in their states. Reporter the Ohio Governor john kasich is one of them. He expanded medicaid in his stat
Eyewitness news. 20 doves released in memory of kouren thomas. Friends and strangers coming together to remember his short life. Why his family did not attend the vigil. Plus. Three people including two teenagers charged in the murder of a durham cab driver. Police describe the crime spree that lead to the killing. And. Building success. How one organization is helping local kids through technology. Eyewitness news starts right now. The dangerous heat is back. Just in time for the weekend. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im joel brown. In for steve daniels. The extreme humidity could push the heat index past 100 degrees. Meteorologist liz horton is in the First Alert Storm Center with details. Liz . Temperatures are now in the low to mid 90s, and heat index readings are area. The hot, hazy, humid pattern will continue into the weekend. Each day the heat index will be around 100105. I wouldnt say its going to get any worse, but it will continue. Northampton county now has a
The gas crisis shortage. Impacti ng pumps across the triangle. The one tool that will help you find gas right now. Plus earning a second chance. How a wake county program could help people convicted of lowlevel crimes earn a clean slate. And. A classroom controversy. A local teachers free speech lesson backfires. The new action taken against him by the school system. Eyewitness news breaking news right off the top at ten protests in charlotte after a deadly officer involved shooting. Police in riot gear are on the scene on standby as a group of protesters continue chanting and block a Police Cruiser from moving. Authorities say an officer shot and complex this afternoon. You can look for updates on this story on Eyewitness News at 11 and abc11 dotcom. An end in sight to the gas shortage that sent people to the pump in a panic. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Colonial pipeline says its put in a fix to the leaky pipeline that sent more than 250thousand gallo
Its the middle of the week. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Look what the wind blew in. We do have sunny day but it will be cooler and breezy and partly cloudy skies. Maybe some scattered showers up in the sierra nevada. A couple of 40s. I have seen a few. I know napa downtown is close to 50. A lot of 50s. It will be a cool day. If it wasnt for any breeze, it would be a little cooler on these lows. 50 to start. For a high in santa rosa today. San francisco though it will be sunny but we are only going 67 degrees. The wind is definitely picking up. We are seeing 1622 miles an hour in San Francisco and around the bay. Sunshine. Breezy to windy. Some of the Higher Elevations are showing gusts to 50 miles an hour. A lot of this will just be drier air coming in. But its also very cool air. Cooler, breezy, today but lots of sunshine. And temperatures mainly 60s and 70s arkoses the board here. Here is sal. Steve, good morning. We are look pretty good so far. Its h
Horse race but done deal for new zealand now shaping up to be an improbable come back and photo finish for this event. Wayne is on the waterfront. This is look of home crowd with expectation. People who knew nothing about yacht racing a week ago now mixing with experts. They are on a roll. At least fans of team oracle felt that way. Kiwi once held large lead not so sure what would happen about if you didnt win the cup after all this. We will. We will win. Those would be the last optimistic words we heard from any new zealand today. In race 1 the kiwi were knocked back by 2 foul at the start. Tl team oracle won that first race going away. Sixth win in a row. The score 87 and not for long because race no. 2 would be even more surprising. Despite taking an early lead at the start new zealand could not hold it. In the third leg hesitation decision to not cross. Looked like we would have ourselves a big l crowd at the last moment and. Reporter moments later oracle accelerated past opening a