in just a few hours, construction crews will make history on the outer banks. they'll start work on the new bonner bridge. this after years of red tape and fighting with environmental groups. the bonner bridge is the only land route residents on hatteras island have to the rest of the outer banks. rico bush is live in the newsroom with more on what's expected to happen in the outer banks, today marks a major milestone for north carolina. crews plan move forward with construction on a stretching across the oregon inlet. for years, 10 on your side has covered the story on the current bridge. crews built it in the 19-60s and the bridge was designed to last only last 30 years. in the past, we've told you about emergency shutdowns for repairs to keep the aging bridge up and running. the constant battle and legal issues with environmental groups, residents and transportation officials prevented north carolina from building a new bridge. the groups eventually dropped the lalauits and paved the way for the much-needed replacement to began this morning. c0001 - reese stecher - charter boat captain 4141 i've seen pieces of the bridge this big fall and it doesn't take a piece but that big to hit you 4146 ago, people that live in hatteras can't get back and forth to work. 4208 shuts everything down." the bonner bridge replacement involves building a 3-point-5 mile bridge, which will run next to the current one. it is expected to cost dollars and last 100 years. the new bridge is scheduled to open in 20-18. crews will demolish the old bridge a year later in 20-19. rico bush, 10 on your side. today developers will cut the ribbon on affordable housing for dozens of homeless and low- income people in virginia beach. crescent square opens at 11:00 this morning on diamond springs road near northampton boulevard. 80 new units will go to people and veterans who used to be homeless and earn less than $25-thousand dollars a year. the virginia supportive housing non-profit developed and managed this $12-million-dollar project. looking ahead, there's a huge career fair tomorrow in newport news. almost 100 companies will be on hand, and there's a special hour set aside just for veterans. the job fair is tomorrow at the marriott hotel at city center at oyster point. it's free, but you do need to register. for that information, plus a list of the story on wavy- dot-com. governor mcauliffe has big plans to expand tourism in hampton roads. he announced more than 800 thousand dollars in matching grants that will be awared to 39 virginia tourism initiatives. (11/26/2014, holiday lights, chopper) the grants are meant to help virginia attract more visitors through growth and expansion of local projects. several of those initiatives are targets to the hampton roads area including the holiday lights at the beach, which you can see here from chopper 10, and the winter blues jazz festival. a 10 on your side follow-up to an animal cruelty case out of dare county. jordan boykin faces 4 counts of felony animal cruelty. deputies arrested him saturday. boykin is the suspect in a case in avon. in december, dare county investigators found three cats dead in a dumpster. they say someone shot them. boykin bonded out on 30 thousand dollar bail. economic development in hampton roads. how one city is addressing big concerns plus, another meth bust in hampton roads. after several in newport news last month, we'll show you were police found another operation. and zero tolerance for school threats. how police and school administrators are cracking down after one i get out of work and i go to the store, and somebody's, smellin' around, "mmm! i smell cookies." i say, "oh no, you just smell me. i just got out of work. that's honey bunches of oats, that's all." ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 50s. winds sw 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it will be nice and warm. we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. we'll see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 good morning, hampton roads. let's check portsmouth firefighter asks for help for the department and gets punished by supervisors. the details straight ahead. plus, arrangements for the former first lady. find out how she'll be laid to rest. and, find out how government officials are responding to another white house next. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh it's what you do. hampton's economic development director addressed concerns about a high number of businesses closing in the community. the naacp asked leonard sledge to speak at their regular meeting. he talked about big name businesses closing in hampton, such as macy's and sports authority. sledge said that was a corporate decision made outside the city. sot --- leonard sledge - economic development director c2 6:39:05 - i think one thing that's important for folks to continue to remember and understand with regards to sports authority is that they're stores in hampton roads. so we are constantly working to back fill those spaces riverdale shopping center, which a company recently purchased. small business owners in the center said they haven't had any communication with the new owners. today you can give your input on one local city's future. norfolk is holding a public input session tonight. leaders want to know what you think the city's key spending priorities should be next year regarding: schools, public safety, developement, taxes, what-ever's on your mind.. the meeting starts tonight at 6:30 in norfolk council chambers at city hall. tonight in newport news, the school board wants your thoughts on next year's budget. there's a public hearing about the proposed 2017 operating budget at the administration building on warwick boulevard. if you want to speak in person you'll have to fill out a request when you arrive. new this morning, a bill heading through the general assembly would allow some students to use public funding to pay for private school tuition. approved it vote monday. it would allow parents of students with disabilites to use state money they for textbooks and tuition at a private school. opponents of the bill say allowing taxpayer dollars to fund education costs at religious schools violates the state's constitution. a follow-up now to a story we broke yesterday morning on wavy news 10 today on fox 43. virginia beach police charged two students for threatening landstown high school. officers say a student's parent told them about the electronic threat. police say this follows their promise to crack down on school threats whether the suspects mean it or not. the superintendent of virginia beach schools agrees, saying the schools have a zero tolerance for these threats. dr. aaron spence - virginia beach schools heard, or if it's a cry for help or if they're serious about things that they're saying online 501 and so we always want to make sure we investigate. 503 safety is our top priority in the school division and we want to work with the police department and that happens 509 the schools started a social media campaign that encourages students to use it safely and responsibly. we have new information about a gates county school principal allegedly suspended for some kind of misconduct. the school superintendent says the principal was not suspended, but place on administrative leave. the superintendent would not say why principal james woods is on leave, however the gates county sheriff says the school board is looking into misconduct allegations. woods is principal at center middle school, and has been with the school for four years. state police arrested a suffolk man they say cooked meth in two different places. 44-year-old brian warren faces charges. investigators raided a shed on elwood road yesterday, where they say they found one of warren's labs. troopers say they found another about a mile away on glen haven drive. super=bridget anderson/neighbor outcue=was shocked runs=:19 45=1:04:56 "i knew that it had to be terrible drug situation but i didn't know what i didn't even put two and kind of drugs i just knew it must be major for something it was really scary i was shocked" investigators say they also found weed at warren's home. he's in jail this morning. an alabama lawmaker has introduced a bill to castrate some sex offenders. representative steve hurst says this bill will make people think twice before touching a child. 0:00-05 "they have marked this child for life and the punishment should fit the crime" butt to 0:34-0:40 "if we do something of this nature it would deter something like this happening again in alabama and maybe reduce the numbers" the bill has to pass the judiciary committee before it goes to the alabama house and senate. the secret service briefly locked down the white house yesterday afternoon after a man jumped the bike-rack barriers. agents tackled and arrested him before he got onto mansion grounds. the agency turned the man over to the d-c police department. released any information on who he was or why he jumped. at least three people successfully jumped the white house fence last year. the incidents investigation. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it will be nice and warm. we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. we'll see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. bridge lifts/openings today-tuesday: james a local firefighter, suspended without pay for talking to 10 on your side, says he'll fight. we spoke with captain rusty quillin, last year, about staffing shortages in portsmouth. he's also the fire union president. the city manager handed down his suspension. quillin says he's worried about vacancies and the department's ability to respond to fires. an attorney says quillin's words were free speech. "we need more bodies on the street. we need more personnel. we're short-staffed," imprvento c001 1:40:20 this is so clearly protected speech that one has to wonder about. 1:40:27 10 on your side reached out to to city council, the mayor, and the city manager. most did not answer. councilman mark whitaker says he believes quillin did a disservice to the public and politicized a deadly fire. the two stafford county volunteer firefighters who were suspended for taking an 18-month-old girl to the hospital in a fire engine have been reinstated. as we reported a few nights ago, the two volunteers were the first on the scene of a fire, when a little girl was having a seizure. captain james kelley, one of the reinstated firefighters, says he would not change his decision. he's received a lot of support from the community. :50-:1:07 amazing, international status, seriously. it's just amazing the outpouring of the community support for us through all this. we couldn't as a department be more happy." the incident is still under review by the health's office of emergency medical services and the review can take up to 45 days. new information about the death of nancy reagan. find out when the public can say goodbye. plus, crews are about to make history on the outer banks. the first shovel will dig in the sand today, for the new bonner bridge. and stay with us as we continue to follow breaking news out of california. a commuter train crashed late last night, sending several people to the hospital. up next we'll hear from i get out of work and i go to the store, and somebody's, smellin' around, "mmm! i smell cookies." i say, "oh no, you just smell me. i just got out of work. that's honey bunches of oats, that's all." and now in delicious chocolate. when you're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. get ready for an adventure to the unexpected. find more than you seek. visit to busch gardens. with world-class coasters and life-long connections... it's a different thrill every time. get a pass membership, now only $11 a month. busch gardens. we're learning more about the arrangements for former first lady, nancy reagan. staffers at the ronald reagan presidential foundation announced her body will lie in repose for public visitation for several hours wednesday and thursday at the reagan library in california. then, her funeral will be friday, also at the library. mrs. reagan will be buried next to her husband, president reagan, on the library grounds. a former staffer recalled working for the first lady. :34- "she certainly was very vocal and open about the fact that she had good political antenna, maybe even better than her husband's, who he trusted everyone and she was very conscious of those people who may have been around him that were maybe not as invested in him as they should be and as she was and so she had an impact on personnel." mrs. reagan died sunday at the age of 94 from congestive heart failure. breaking news this morning -- several passengers were hurt when a commuter train derailed and plunged into the water below. find out what investigators think caused the accident. groundbreaking day. after decades of lawsuits and red tape, crews begin working on a new lifeline for the outer banks. and a local city calls out a candidate for mayor for what he told us! we'll hear from both sides about police officer staffing. first let's begin with that breaking news in california. deputies say a tree on the tracks caused a commuter train to derail last night. firefighters say 9 people were hurt; 4 have serious injuries. our editors just saved new interviews from (s/rad akhter/passenger:49-:57) "one member was just under the mudslide, and we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. it was a pretty crazy experience." butt to (s/kathy heilmann/passenger1:17- 1:24) "we knew we were in a pretty remote area, so we knew we had some hiking to do along the train tracks" the sheriff's office said it was a miracle no one died. the front car of the train fell into a creek below. you can see in this video a train car is under water. crews worked overnight to pull that train car out of the creek. the train was traveling from san jose to stockton. officials said it was raining heavily during the accident. we'll be following that story throughout the morning. first though, if you take a close look, you may notice we're all wearing orange today. that's because we are supporting multiple sclerosis awareness week. m-s a debilitating disease without a cure...and it's one i live with everyday. you can support all of us with ms by wearing your sunny day. let's get right to meteoroloigst jeremy wheeler's beautiful forecast. jeremy, is it time to hit the beach? ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 50s. winds sw 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. we'll see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 hour. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. bridge lifts/openings today-tuesday: james happening today a major milestone on the outer banks - north carolina officials will break ground to replace the crumbling bonner bridge in dare county. crews built the current bridge, crossing the oregon inlet, in 19-63. it was expected to last only 30 years, but budget concerns and legal issues kept them from building a new one. rico bush joins us this morning in the studio with more on the the project 10 on your side has covered for years. rico. after years of fighting with environmental groups over the project, n-c-d-o-t plans to finally move forward on a new span. these are pictures of the bonner bridge being built more than 50 years ago. for years, dare county officials spent millions repairing and due to decades of delays on a replacement. environmental groups, worried about the project's impact on wildlife, challenged the state in court and prevented it from moving forward on a new one. the groups eventually reached a settlement, giving the state a green light to replace the decaying structure. c0007 - governor pat future generations, is going to be a great attribute of connecting not only our two states, but the entire atlantic coast. 3340 here's a computer rendering for the new bridge. officials say the 3-point- 5 mile bridge, costing 2-hundred 46 million dollars should open in 20-18. it is expected to last for 100 years. crews will demolish the current bridge a year later in 20-19. rico bush, 10 on your side. today military leaders will visit our area. the deputy secretary of defense robert work and his israeli counterpart will they'll speak with sailors aboard the norfolk-based u-s-s stout and see demonstrations involving ballistic missle defense technology. the trip is meant to build key u-s relationships and showcase national security interests. the justice department pushes back to get apple's help. find out the latest this morning in the fight between national security and your privacy. plus verizon faces a fine for selling your information without permission. we'll tell you how they got it. and a twist in wesley hadsell's sentencing. why he'll have to wait longer to learn his fate. naptime waits for no one. good, clean food waits for anyone who orders it. naptime waits for no one. good, clean food waits for anyone who orders it. order online and avoid the line at panera. food as it should be. in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 50s. winds sw 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it will be nice and warm. we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. we'll see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we hour. good morning, hampton traffic now. let's check traffic now. a possible tornado wreaks havoc in texas we'll show you the damage the strong storm caused. plus a jury backs up sportscaster erin andrews in her case against a hotel company. we'll take you to the courtroom for her emotional appeal. but first a divide in a local city's race for mayor. candidates. developing this morning, a war of words between the city of norfolk and a candidate for mayor. the city says sheriff bob mccabe's claims that the underfunded, is not true. sheriff mccabe says the city isn't filling vacancies to save money. city spokeswoman lori crouch said its because officers are moving or retiring, and not because of lack of money. sot - sheriff bob mccabe, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 1 6:25:07 we need to make sure we fully find our police department 6:25:11 so that they can address different things that are happening in our city. 6:25:15 the other two candidates running for mayor, andy protogyrou and kenny alexander, disagree with the sheriff. they said he's simply playing politics. sot - andy protogyrou, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 6 6:37:15 i dont know why he feels its incumbent upon him now to play politics that's what hes doing and hes doing it on the back of a tragedy. and its unfortuante. 6:37:25 phoner board/senator kenny alexander, norfolk mayoral candidate 17:04:51 community policing should be the first step as we determine whether or nto additiaonal resources are needed the police cheif...the curretnt police chief should make that case known. norfolk residents will elect their next mayor on may 3. this morning two people in the murder of a man. police found a man shot in the driver's seat of a avenue over the weekend. that's in 38-year-old robert knight, the third died at the hospital. hernandez and mondozer masters with second degree murder and attempted robbery. despite the arrests, people we talked with their neighborhood. (sot) curtis rodarnel / tried to help victim c0022 15:41:28 "we're gonna move we are gonna actually dig deep and try to find an actual good nieghborhood at least in the middle of nowhere or something." 15:41:37 police have not said which of the two men, or if both, shot knight. they also have not said what led up to the shooting. this morning wesley hadsell needs a new lawyer. a judge was supposed to sentence him this month after he pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge. a judge granted his attorney's request to withdraw from the case because of a conflict of interest. according to court documents, his federal public defender represents another go against hadsell's. specifically this person could become a potential witness against hadsell if he is prosecuted of a crime in his adoptive daughter's case. police found aj hadsell's remains last year, after she was missing for a few weeks. the fight between national security and your privacy is developing this morning. the justice department appealed a recent ruling that said apple could not be forced to help the government access a locked i-phone. the appeal is over a routine drug case in new york. the f-b-i says it also needs the company's to open the phone of the suspected san bernardino terrorist. a judge there ordered the company to create software to break into the encrypted phone. apple opposed the government's request. the government's response in that case is due thursday. verizon will have to pay a hefty fine to the fcc for tracking customers' information. verizon must pay $1-point-4 million dollars for a program called supercookie. supercookie technology that tracks which websites verizon customers visit, then delivers targeted ads to their devices. for a while, the company was implementing tracking technology without customer's knowledge and did not provide the option of opting out. the fcc now requires verzion to secure an explicit yes to opt into the technology going forward. a nashville jury awarded sportscaster erin andrews $55 million dollars in her lawsuit against the stalker who secretly recorded her in her hotel room, and the company that owned the hotel. :43-:57 erin andrews - girls... high school, college... they tweet me and they say i want to be erin andrews except for the marriott stalker thing. and i cant control that. after several days of testimony, the jury only took a few hours make their decision. andrews originally sued the nashville marriot hotel and michael dollars for emotional distress after a video of her undressing in her hotel room went viral 8 years ago. michael barret, andrew's stalker has already served two-and half years in jail for admitting to recording and stalking andrews on three separate ocassions. severe weather slammed parts of north texas late last night. in one town, residents think a tornado may have touched down. debris from several homes is scattered around the town of cool, several miles west of fort worth. rescue crews pulled a man from a house that had collapsed. there have been no reports of injuries. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 50s. winds sw 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it will be nice and warm. we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next into the region. we'll see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 good morning, hampton roads. let's check plus voters head to the polls in four states. find out what's up for white house. when we go to the store, i find my box of honey bunches of oats and i'm checking to see if i packaged it. best cereal in the world right there. if the last 3 letters were p22, that's me! it's decision day for four states holding primaries and caucuses today. voters will head to the polls in michigan, mississippi, and idaho for primaries, and hawaii will host a republican caucus today. this is a chance for republican donald trump they are currently separated by less than 100 delegates. this is also a chance for democrat bernie sanders to prove he can beat hillary clinton in a key state like michigan. however the polls show advantage. now to the renewed contoversy over hillary clinton's e-mails. this morning, several renewing their request to question the state department staffer who helped set up clinton's private e-mail account. republicans want bryan pagliano to appear to discuss the server. pagliano has previously invoked his 5th amendment right in declining to answer any questions. last week, the justice department granted pagliano immunity for information about the case. investigators are probing whether or not mrs. clinton compromised national security by sending and receiving top secret e-mails from her personal account. good news, decades in the making. 10 on your side's rico bush previews a new decades in the making. we'll have a preview of the big groundbreaking at the bonner bridge. plus, dozens of people in new home today. details behind the special ceremony on a brand new housing complex. and attracting more visitors to the area. how the governor is helping fund events like the holiday lights. thanks for joining us, i'm katie collett. and i'm don roberts. let's start with a look beautiful forecast. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking temperatures. jeremy it's going to be a great day to be outside. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low 50s. winds sw 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the mid 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. high pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. it will be nice and warm. we'll see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. by saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. we'll sunday. temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 hour. good morning, hampton roads. let's check