Terry is is in fort mill. What has the turnout been like there . Reporter yes, somewhere seen voters trickle in over the past hour or so but over all poll workers say its been a fairly low turn out this morning around 10 00 a. M. Workers told me they only had about 50 people cast their votes. This is the second primary matchup for Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Polls show clinton has a dominating lead in the state and could win by a large margin today. South carolinas democratic chairman was quote the this week saying he expects about 400,000 voters to turn out statewide today. Now that is more than 130,000 less than the turn out in 2008 primary. A young voter told me why she made it a priority to cast her ballot today. People in my mothers age group all vote but people in my complain about the system but you cant change anything unless you vote. Reporter the polls will be open until 7 00 p. M. Statewide. Of course we will have complete coverage for you of the Election Results on
To keep drivers safe. Reporter i reached out to officials with cms and im still waiting to hear back on which schools will be closed or delayed. In the meantime, state and local d. O. T. Officials break down which roads they will treat and how soon. This view shows smooth sailing along u. S. 74 but early monday forecasters warn that view could change. Ahead of a wintery mix expected in the charlotte area. We dont get out unless we have to. Reporter officials with state and local d. O. T. Suggests other drivers do the same. Meanwhile crews have started brining roads in the foothills and on city streets with plans to take on the interstate sunday morning. This mountain of salt showcases just some of their supply. Already this season state crews have put down 10,000 tons. In the last few years weve had some extremes so we are kind of used to it. [ inaudible ] leaders across the u. S. Are mourning the loss of longest serving member of the u. S. Supreme court, antonin scalia. President bara
Suspect after a standoff that lasted for hours. The s. W. A. T. Team blocked off a neighborhood in northeast Mecklenburg County before moving in. Angela is live there now where investigators just cleared the scene. Angela. Reporter john, thats right, within the last 30 minutes, police cleared the scene. They will foing focusing their efforts. Police were trying to serve a warrant and going in and out collecting evidence from this house. Now we have been here since 2 00 this morning when police and s. W. A. T. Team members surround this house. Medic was out here as well in case anyone got injured. They were trying to serve a warrant from another county for a man wanted from a violent crime. When a man refused to come out. Around 3 30, police made their way into the house and arrested the suspect. Police have been talking to other people who live in the house and we spoke with neighbors who say that police ingly was pulling into my driveway and they said remain in the car, do not pull ou
And local officials are taking. Reporter im still waiting to hear back from cms to see which schools will be closed or delayed. This view from Charlotte Hawthorne bridge shows smooth sailing along u. S. 74 but early monday forecasters warn that view could change. We dont get out unless we have to. Reporter officials with state and local d. O. T. Suggest other drivers do the same. Meanwhile crews have started brining roads in the foothills and city streets with plans to take on the interstate sunday morning. This mountain of salt showcases just some of their supply already this season state crews put down up to 10,000 tons. In the last few years weve had some extremes. So we are used to it. Safety first. Lakeisha bennett she will be ready. We have people that cant drive on the roads and dont care about anything else especially safety. Reporter they will decide when to call in city crews sunday night or monday morning. When they do they expect to call a condition b. That means 32 trucks,
Through the area. Beatties ford at miranda road weve got an accident. The good news is im not seeing a big delay here, but its something well continue to monitor for you. And then angela hong, shes just a few minutes away from an accident a road closure, i should say because of standing water this. Is on hawthorne just north of Central Avenue. Well have live reports, more information coming up on this . Just a few minutes. John. Take a look at your screen here. We just got video in from reporter dave ferraday, this is from airport road in morganton. Take a look. Wow a huge tree fell across the road, took down power lines with it there. Big problems. The firefighters are working to get it cut up and moved off the road. Its just one of many problems up there. Weve been telling you that highway 7 is closed in both directions because of power lines down there too. County officials told us about a half an hour ago that half the town of morganton is without power. We just got updated power o