Transcripts For WNCN North Carolina News At 600AM 20161017 :

Transcripts For WNCN North Carolina News At 600AM 20161017

International airport, skies are clear, 60 degrees this morning, and we have dry conditions outside across much of the southeast. Thats going to be the case over the next several days as well. We can expect warm temperature and dry weather, which is great news because we have a lot of areas under Flood Warning and continue until 10 30 for edgecombe, wayne county, sampson county, and Cumberland County, many areas dealing with river flooding but most rivers are coming down and we see water beginning to recede. Its 60 degrees in raleigh, 59 durham, 60 fayetteville and 55 in goldsboro and 75 at lunchtime, our normal high is 73 so well above that and warmer weather in your forecast for this week. Update in a few minutes. Its a big story across the country. A local Republican Office firebombed and vandalized over the weekend. Local, state, and federal investigators are getting involved. Lauren haviland joins us with more details and theres been heavy Police Presence all morning. This time theres not been any arrests. Hillsboro police a deputies have been on scene all night just to monitor this scene and the Republican Party of Orange County said they will be here for preparing for early voting. It happened some time between saturday and sunday morning at the headquarters in hillsboro. A flammable material like a molotov cocktail was thrown through the front window of the building and starting a fire and causing major damage. There was graffiti sprayed on a nearby building saying nazi else. Theres a sense of community and democracy and we need to pull together. And much more respectful of each other and this is not the way to go. Such a small town. I live here and i love this town but that right it further me right here. Reporter the Hillsboro Police, fbi, and atf are investigating the incident. If you have information, call authorities. Were live in hillsboro. Lauren haviland, cbs North Carolina. Clearly a very active investigation. Thanks, lauren. Push has been offair since he was caught on tape having a lewd conversation with donald trump in 2005. Nbc may have to pay the anchor millions of dollar because of contractual only facings but brushs attorney denies reports of a 10 million settlement. Harry connick, jr. , will fill in cumberland, harnett and johnston counties will have extra early voting day. A full list is on wncn. Com. Tim kaine will be in North Carolina and mike pence fayetteville tomorrow. Officials are lifting a mandatory Evacuation Order for after heavy flooding. Crews have been working around the clock to lower the lakes level and engineers are trying to find out how much to fix the issue. Two subpoenas will be for scammers. Only go through insurance providers or trusted repair businesses. We have more on wncn. Com. Planned parenthood celebrates its 100th birthday to new york. Two chinese astronauts launched into space and will work on the space station and get it ready for its module in 2018. Were starting to see delays at 6 06 with cleanup thanks to Hurricane Matthew. There is still clean up and [ indistinct ] stewart road at sandra drive. A look at your drive times west to rtp on 540, 23 minutes on parenter and 16 minutes. No problems there on this monday morning. A major fight for crews when an Apartment Building goes up in flames. These people had Something Different in mind. The kids may need a light jacket but by this afternoon, its tshirt weather, near 80. . Life can be messy. But with crayola color wonder. It doesnt have to be. Dont you wish life could be this messfree . Color wonder. Find it in the crayola aisle. Temperatures today will be warm, highs near 80 this afternoon so instead of feeling more like late october, this week will feel like late september. We have warm weather on the way over the next several days, actually. Were seeing dry conditions. A live look at Raleigh Durham international airport, looking like a beautiful start to the day here because were dry and we have no wet weather popping up on the radar, which will be the case over the next several days so our dry stretch will week ahead which is great news because we have Flood Warnings in effect through this morning for edgecombe county, wayne county, sampson, and southeastern Cumberland County still dealing with high water problems in spots, a lot of road closure and river flooding ongoing. Were starting to see the water coming down a bit and will see over the next several days. Its 60 degrees in raleigh so a mild start to the morning here, 59degree in durham, 60 in fayetteville, lots of temperature in the 50s to near 60 this morning and were climbing to near 80 this afternoon so thanks to a big area of High Pressure overhead that will keep things try, 75 degrees at lunchtime, 80 degrees our temperature at 3 00, down to 77 at 6 00 p. M. Our normal high is 73 so were about seven degrees above that today and will add several degrees to these numbers here as we head through the start of the week and when we can expect to see cooler weather and rain arriving into your forecast. Thats coming up. Here we go. Three, two, one. [ cheers and applause ] check this out. A small town in upstate new york is coming together thanks to one mans labor of love. He created the pumpkin chunkin festival. The teams work to build catapults which they use to send pump st. Lawrence river. My daughter went to a farm where they were throwing pumpkin and i thought that looked fun. People really like throwing pumpkins in the st. Lawrence river. Really looks like fun. The winner is determined by how far and fast pumpkins to. This year the fastest was 140 miles per hour. The time now is 6 12. A large fire tearing reno, nevada. What officials said their priority is now. I would never do tha. Takes a lot of guts. Dont tell that to these guy. Find out where jumpers around the world gathered over the fire crews in nevada said a wildfire is 55 contained and theyre doing everything to ma stumps still red hot. Believe it or not, in this rain. So our goal is to get this fire, when the Incident Management Team is done, if theres 0 chance that fire will rekindle. 500 firefighters are part of the Response Team right now. Several have been hurt. Dozens of buildings have been burned. Nevadas governors declares a the u. S. S. Zumwalt is named after admiral old low zumwalt, credited for Opening Doors for women and minorities this the navy. The new ship has Cutting Edge Technology and weapons. Police hope to find a man who shot a police officer. The video shows him to reports of a shooting. The suspect shows what appears to be a gun. He shot the officer several time and took the patrol car and left a cruiser a few blocks away. Several Apartment Buildings in arizona are burned to the ground after this huge fire broke out from over the weekend. Officials say the buildingses were under construction at the time and people who live nearby had to be evacuated as flames spread. Fire crews said 150 firefighters responded and they it melted playground equipment that was 75 yards away but no injuries are reported. A controlled underwater implosion took out part of the old bay bridge in San Francisco over the weekend. It used 8,000pound of explosives, part of a years long dismantling effort. There are 13 more planned implosions to remove remaining parts of the bridge. Jumping off a bridge may not sound like a good idea to you or me but hundreds in West Virginia thought it was a good they gathered for bridge day, 2016. Base jumpers lined up for a chance to plunge off a 900foot bridge and thousands of people came out to watch them to do it, too. Most were perfectly okay but i think that would be us. The best view is the one from the edge no thanks. They dont get nervous. 267 jumpers this year and kristin, you said you have been there before. Yeah, i worked in West Virginia and have been to bridge day. Its actually a really cool event. Its the bridge that goes over the new river gorge so the river is below you. The base jumpers have to quickly pull their chutes to make it to the edge of the river but they have boats in case they land in the river. No. Not for the faint of heart. Its not. s they have a catapult that some of the base jumpers get launched off the bridge so its a really cool event. The weather was beautiful yesterday. It was beautiful here as well. We have a nice stretch of weather over the next several days. First day of summer. It feels like it, doesnt it . Weather more summerlike than falllike, 60 degrees to start in raleigh. In North Raleigh, looking east, eagerly awaiting that sunrise, a little over an hour here this our satellite radar clear, no wet weather to worry about, which has been the case over the next several day and will continue to be the case over the next few so were off to a dry start to our week ahead. Flood warnings continue for some spot in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The last time we saw rain unfortunately for a lot of folks if you remember, it was upward of a foot of rain in some spots so Flood Warnings you see in green, some road closures still out there, also river flooding. A lot of th some historic crests and taking some time to get rid of high wanter. Its 60 in raleigh outside right now, 59 in durham, 60 fayetteville, 57 raeford, 58 lillington. Those temperatures will climb to near 80 and will have a high around 78 yesterday so well add a couple degrees to that today, mostly sunny skies all day, a really nice afternoon if you can get past the fact temperatures feel more like that will be the case through today, tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. I almost forgot what day it was for a moment. Wednesday and thursday. Were looking at High Pressure overhead, mostly sunny skies, and 80s. Then our next cold front moves in friday into saturday to bring a few spotty showers. Otherwise, partly sunny skies and cooler temperatures for friday and your weekend. By sunday, the cold front is already through with sunny skies and cooler temperatures 60s. Your forecast today, low 80s across the sandhill, 82 at fort bragg and fayetteville, 81 pinehurst, 80 in smithfield, goldsboro, and wilson. Mostly sunny and warm in the triangle, around 80. 79 on the virginia border in henderson and roxboro. On the, temperatures fall to forecast has temperatures continuing to climb through the next few days so we were 78 yesterday. Well add two degrees to a high of 80, two more tomorrow, 82. Two more degrees to that were stepping up here. 84 on wednesday. Wednesday the warmest day of the week. We fall to around 80 degrees on thursday, overnight low temperatures around 60 and the cold front arrive friday into saturday to cool us in 70s friday, 60s for your weekend, small chance of rain. Otherwise, dry and warm week ahead. Time now 6 21. Ali has a look at your morning drive. Good morning, kristin, certainly not feeling like fall. I40 at harrison avenue, it looks like the morning rush. We have things slowing down. You see red icons and yellow. Those are closures thanks to matthew. In the area. Near blue ridge road, expect delays. We have the state fair and a crash on 540 eastbound near lewisburg road so heads up to you, another one on globe roads accident prior creek parkway as well. Zebulon, closures because of Hurricane Matthew, nc 97 closed and edgemont due to flooding. If youre heading through fayetteville, Cumberland County, 95 southbound between as crews work to clear the flooding and detour in place, exit to 301. Thats exit 56. Travel towards nc 152, 401, then u. S. 74 eastbound back onto 95 so quite the detour. Southbound into raleigh, u. S. 1, downtown, 16 minutes. Least we have no accidents and a lot of people heading to work. A major soda company is making a big push towards make its products healthy. Whats expected from pepsi today. And a new Study Reveals surprising details about the money habits o narrator after twenty years in washington, richard burr has made millions. No wonder richard burr was one of just three senators who voted against banning Insider Trading by congress. Then theres medicare. Richard burr wrote a plan to privatize medicare and got one point one Million Dollars from the insurance industry. You. Would pay more for medicare. Richard burr. Twenty years in washington. Serving himself. Dscc is responsible for the content pepsi loves, your drink will get more healthy and young adults are not doing something that could come back to bite them. Jill wagner join us from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Its good to see you on a monday, brine brightening our day. Reporter good morning, russ. Happy monday. Pepsi is reducing sugar from 2 3 of its drinks have 100 calories or fewer from added sugar. It will add zero and low calorie options. Many have no access to a traditional pension and is not saving for retirement. Whats the bucking the trend . It will stay open on thanksgiving. Stores are expected to open at 5 00 p. M. Thanksgiving day, an hour earlier than last year. Several major retailers and shopping malls said they will close for the holidays so employees can celebrate with their families. I wont be shopping. I will get that second helping at 5 00. How about you . [ laughter ] im with you. Turkey, naps. Football. Everything. Its just the perfect day. Shopping, right . Exactly, exactly. Just stay home and eat and be happy. Well see you tomorrow. Thanks. No reason to be shopping that day. Absolutely not. 6 27 now. The crime making headlines around the country. The latest on a firebombing investigation in Orange County. Plus before you head out the door this morning, we have your forecast. What to expect after the break. Where does North Carolina go from here . First, instead of social issues, ill focus on our schools and keeping good teachers with better pay. We need to end giveaways for companies that send jobs overseas and grow our economy here. And we need to reform our tax system so those at the top arent getting tax breaks at your expense. Thanks for watching at 6 30. Im russ bowen. Im amy cutler, in for stefan chase. Lets go to kristin, in for alyssa today, and has more on what to expect weatherwise. Good morning, amy and russ. Good morning, everyone. Were off to a nice start to the day, a mile start, actually, with 50s to near 60 degrees. Our skycam is showing things looking actually pretty dry and this morning almost 7 30 so its getting later and later each day here. Our satellite radar all clear so as you can see, no wet weather to worry about and a nice start to the week but a warm start to the week. We have a lot of road that in mind. There are problem spots in central and southeastern North Carolina, 50s to near 60 in raleigh and fayetteville,59 pinehurst and we can expect sunny skies, warmer conditions, climbing to 75 at lunchtime, 80 our high this afternoon. Our normal high is 73 and are the week. Ill have thcomplete forecast in a few minutes. Thanks, kristin. Its a big story getting attention across the country. A Political Office firebombed over the weekend. It happened at the gop office in hillsboro. Local, state, federal investigators getting involved. Lauren haviland join us from the scene with more details. Reporter well, a shown up this morning and said theyre going to be here to prepare for early voting. You can see the damage is not stopping them. There are broken window and you can see a trump sign is burnt. The incident happened some time molotov cocktail was thrown and caused damage. Spraypaint said nazi republicans, leave town. Many believe its an assault on american beliefs. A small minority we are slowly going and this is intimidate some people. Im still going to vote republican and i still will be here. I will always be here. Reporter other republican down early on sunday and were told to remain on alert. If you have information, youre asked to call authorities. We have the Hillsboro Police department, fbi and atf investigating. Lauren haviland, cbs North Carolina. Thanks, lauren. We know you will stay on top of it. Trump and clinton spoke about the incident over the weekend. Trump said he knows whos responsible for that attack. Because of Sexual Assault allegations. Reporter he tied the firebombing to clinton. Animals representing clinton and dems in North Carolina just firebombed the office because we are winning. Burned the couch and chair. Reporter clinton said the incident was horrific and unacceptable. A swastika and the words nazi else were spraypainted outside the building. The election is being rigged by corrupt media. Reporter it came as trump and his surrogates spent the weekend casting doubt on the election system. Rudy giuliani claims democrats could steal votes in inner cities. You want to tell me the election in philadelphia and chicago would be fair . I would have to be a moron to we will absolutely accept the results of the election. Reporter clinton faces challenges of her own as wikileaks publishes more e mails linked to her campaign. You cant assume theyre all accurate. The latest batch shows clinton aides struggling to respond to the Lgbt Community after she praised nancy reagan for starting a National Conversation about aids in the 1980. Response to the crisis. Hena daniels, cbs news. Clinton immediately tweeted an apology after her initial remarks at Nancy Reagans funera

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