Eyewitness news. Wildfire emergency. Firefighters battling on the ground and smoke drifting far from the fire zone. how whats happening out west could impact the triangle. Plus. Wake county schools and a big switch. The boards plans for hundreds of students the parents plans to fight it. And. A deadly shooting at the Oklahoma City airport. The latest details just in. Eyewitness news starts right now. Right off the top tonight a pedestrian hit. And critically injured in fayetteville. This is owen drive near village drive. Fayetteville police say 45 yearold jeremy karpinecz. Was walking across owen drive at about 640 this evening when he was hit by a car. Karpinecz was taken to cape fear valley hospital. Where hes in critical condition. You can look for dotcom and on Eyewitness News at 11. Now to wildfires burning more than 40 thousand acres across Western North carolina. The widespread smoke also creating a dangerous haze and prompting air quality warnings. good evening everyone. Im tis
Say the election of donald trump creates a greater urgency. I dont think that he even realizes that there are native americans that exist that arent what he watched on tv. Most of the pipeline is built except for a part in north dakota. Member of the Standing Rock sioux tribe are fighting the construction because they say it would cut through sacred land and contaminate their drinking water. Supporters say it will bring economic benef u. S. Dependence on foreign oil. Here at the white house tonight, all you could hear were the voices of those opposed, including former president ial candidate, bernie sanders. We are demanding the sovereign rights of native American People be honored and respected. Reporter all of the people came to the white house to make it clear to the world and president obama that they believe now is the time to stop the pipeline. I am demanding he do it. The project is at a stand still. Yesterday the army corps said they needed more time to study the impacts of the
Us up. We stay below average with highs in the mid 30s. We will dip into the teens and low 20s tonight but then we do warm to near average temperatures tuesday ahead of a low pressure system. We can expect rain late on tuesday and into wednesday. We stay in the low 40s for highs through the remainder of the week with a chance for snow showers on friday. Today mostly sunny and cold. High 36 wind n 510 mph tonight increasingly cloudy. Low 24 wind var light mph major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays breaking news four police officers. Shot in the line of duty. In a 24hour span. Kims following the developing stories in the newsroom and kim. The suspect in one of those attacks died in a shootout . That suspect died in a shootout with police early this at a parking garage. The officer was sitting in his cruiser in traffic. When a car pulled up next to him and someone shot the officer twice in the face. Officials say the officer. A 20 year veteran of the
Planner. We are ending the week on a high note. Upper 50s expected for highs today, close to 60 degrees. A lot of sunshine, dry statewide. Any travel across the state will be pretty nice. Right around du will be at 61. Thornton at 59 and inc. Willwood, high of 50. We get two days of, this upper 50s, low 60s and a change. Well talk about that and the broncos black friday madness started early again with hundreds of americans cutting the thanksgiving short. Many are flocking to cabellas. Er i can it out there at the cabelas of lone tree. This is a treat, everybody. Here today in line here at cabelas. He cant really speak. Hunter, how does it feel to be next to the president elect . Well, im pretty star struck. I am glad he won. . Here is the problem. He does not talk like that, but he surprised me. Its chilly. Theyll open the get those door buster deals. People are having fun and joining the event here. Looks like lots of trouble out there, eric we have a warning for people here after a
First look at some of the weekends biggest bargains, only on gma. And this morning, the loss of a legend. Brady bunch star Florence Henderson known as americas favorite mom has died at age 82. Friends and fans mourning the 70s star who never stopped bringing us laughter. . I wanna be loved by you alone. Boop boopee doo . Our tribute right here to a tv icon. An icon indeed she was. Dan and i want to thank you for joining us on this friday after thanksgiving and we are talking about Florence Henderson. Such sad news for fans of the actress. Long before she moved into the Television Role that made her a talented. Just became a staple of american childhood when she moved on to the brady bunch. She never stopped working even after that show went off the air. Her career spanned six decades and she was still in the spotlight, in fact, just days before her death on dancing with the stars. Were going to have much more on this bona fide tv icon throughout the morning. Six decades. What an extrao