Threats, dares and accusations ahead off saturdays South Carolina primary where trump still leads. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has late details. Reporter tonight a stunning shift in the republican race, a new national frontrunner, ted cruz. Its tremendously encouraging to be leading the field nationally. I think as a result reporter did you ever think youd be here . That was always the plan. Look, thats how you win. Got to get to first place to win. Reporter its a 15point flip from last month, trump slipping seven points and cruz up eight. After the iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and saturday nights debate. Republican voters have taken a pause deciding whether or not they want to nominate donald trump to be president. Reporter as cruz heats up, hes burning it down in South Carolina with a scorched earth news conference. File a lawsuit. Reporter daring donald trump to sue him over this ad. Well, im very pro choice. Reporter trump wants cruz to stop airing the spot pointing to Trump Su
If you suspect your teen is suicidal, talk to him or her immediately. We have more resources for you right now on wncn. Com. Books and guns will both be allowed in the classrooms of the university of texas at austin. This afternoon, University President greg findis gave the okay. He says why he doesnt personally believe handguns belong on campus, he says he must follow the law. This law includes all students and faculty who have a license. An 18yearold who was approximate being watched inside of a home daycare is now at home with his family recovering after being shot. The driveby shooting happened yesterday afternoon on great bend drive in durham. The daycare is now closed. Thats where we find wncn. Coms mario boone. What did they tell you . Reporter i talked to the daycare owners about what happened here at this home behind me. Indefinitely. They say they want to take some time and let things cool off. They also tell me the little boy is home from the hospital and is doing much bette
Everybody. Bo minnick, wncn news now. In the last half hour, we learned from Senate Leader phil burgers office that a judge has given the plaintiffs in the redistricting case until noon tomorrow to respond to the states request for a stay. Well keep you updated. Well also tomorrow, much colder temperatures return to the area. Tonight its rain. Chief meteorologist Wes Hohenstein is tracking the rain and joins us with the latest. Good evening to you and you at home. It was dry most of the day. Now showers have moved in. And theyre also on their way out depending on where you are. They cleared a good portion of the area. But rain with heavy down pours, nothing severe and nothing flooding is what were in for for the next few hours. Along the i95 corridor from the virginia border through wilson and rocky mount into wayne county, the heaviest rain sampson county. And in another few hours, these showers will be clear. But so will any thought of warm temperatures. Today we made it into the 50s
Next few hours but we will deal with a shower activity first. A live look outside and what you can expect for your morning drive, a live look from i 40 and lake wheeler road where things are moving smoothly this morning. If we take a look at the traffic mac map youll notice it is the trend across the area. No major problems on any major roads, 44, i 40 looking okay and speaking of those road eastbound loops on i540 from glenwood to 64 will take a 17 minute trip 4402 capital blvd. 10 minute drive. A toddler is recovering after being shot at a home daycare and 11. The shooting happened at tatum great bend drive yesterday. Wncn emma wright following the story. New information from the durham reporter spoke with the Durham Police earlier this morning and they said they picked up a few people for questioning that no arrests. Scary moments for a drug neighborhood monday afternoon. Bullet holes in the siding of 1508 great bend drive are the only sign something bad happened. She thought it was
Her, in her own bed. And stabbed her in her face. And tore her nose off. How does that not call for it . How does that not call for the Death Penalty . But the jury did not agree. After the verdict was rendered, the parents of melissa were able to address Travion Smith directly in court through victim impact statements. Very compelling stuff. Absolutely. We did hear from several family members before the sentencing recommendation, including melissas mother, don wallace, she actually spoke directly to her daughters killer at one point during her statement. All lives matter to someone. Including yours travion. Your life matters to your family and friends. In the manner in that you did. But at some point, you learned the difference between right and wrong. A number of people in your life encouraged you to follow the right path. But on may 13 and 14, you chose to do wrong. And now we all have to live with the choices that you made. Outside the courtroom, we caught up with smiths half siste