Good evening. I m kaitlan collins and sources across the political spectrum tonight say the republican party has a major problem on its hands with potential implications for the presidential race. And donald trump, cnn s kfile has uncovered a slew of posts made by the republican nominee for governor of north carolina, mark robinson. You see him here in just 48 hours before trump is scheduled to return to that critical battleground, he and the rest so bus or finding out that the candidate that he endures posted dozens of disturbing comments on a porn forum between the year 2008 and 2012. Mark robinson calling himself and his own words, a perv writing that many things that are two to sexual in nature and friends great to explicit for me to even read on tv. But i will say this about what robinson wrote. He said that he enjoyed transgender pornography, despite the antitrans rhetoric that he s been using lately, and there were also racist and antisemitic statements included in that like whe
Smoothly. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. John bus drivers were out early in the cold temperatures, starting up their buses to make sure they are warm when the child climbs on board. Take a look at these temperatures, it is brutal cold out there this morning. Today bus drivers are getting special recognition for the work they do. Mark davenport is following that story live right now. Good morning, mark. Reporter good morning, john, it is not just today, all week long, this is bus driver appreciation week. Today they are getting something special, the bus drivers that go over to Shamrock Gardens elementary, they will meet with superintendent ann clark just before 8 00 this morning, she will be thanking each one of the drivers that shows up for getting your children there safe every single day both in the morning and back home in the afternoon. All about taking care of the bus drivers and this week all about the theme love the
To the north and as it pushes to the north if our temperatures stay below the freezing mark in mecklenberg county and union county we could have another wave of freezing rain. Theres more rain where that came from. The heavier rain has not gotten here yet that is good timing the light rain out of the way and the colder temperatures here comes the heavier rain during the overnight period but im glad to say the temperatures will be going up. Heading down after the sunsets temperatures going up just a tad around the freezing mark by 6 30. Going up, upper 30s by 10 30 in the 40s by tomorrow morning when that heavy rain moves through it should not be frozen. More on the forecast and when we see things clear up in a little bit. Thank you. We are monitoring conditions from throughout the wbtv viewing area. Lincoln county had a slippery start to the day and where we find sharon smith live now. What are the latest conditions like . Been a misty mix and we are getting tiny snowflakes. I dont kno
That is what you need to look out forest specially for, especially when this is happening in the area. Reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your side. Christine good information, thank you, mark. 5 32, go over to Kristen Miranda with details just in on the death of a reality tv star, she is in the alert center. Al if youre a kristen big ang from mob wifes she passed away this morning, about 3 00 this morning an announcement came from her family. They posted it less than an hour ago, with sad regret we inform you that at 3 01, Angela Raiola was called home, surrounded by her family and was so grateful for her fans. And they are going to keep all her social media pages open so people can share thoughts and respect but people have been knew she was diagnosed with throat cancer and had been reports last evening she passed away and family members said wait, she is fighting, fighting, but at 3 00 this morning she did die. Back to you. John investors hoping for good news at charlotte based
With us. More than a dozen House Republicans sending a letter to nancy pelosi demanding the removal of congressman Eric Swalwell from the Intel Committee. Todd ties to a suspected chinese spy. Reporter 17 House Republicans urging nancy pelosi to immediately remove congressman Eric Swalwell from that committee, quote, because representative swalwells position on the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence, close interactions with Chinese Intelligence Services however unintentional they may be are unacceptable National Security risk. We urge you to immediately remove representative swalwell from his position on the house intelligence can be. Aqueous reported chinese intelligence agent christine bomb targeted swalwell when he was a city councilman, with multiple events over several years, fundraising for his 2014 Reelection Campaign and helping place at least one intern in his office. Republicans charge swalwell withheld that information from the intelligence can be for five year