Transcripts For WRAZ WRAL 8am News On Fox 50 20160819 : comp

Transcripts For WRAZ WRAL 8am News On Fox 50 20160819

After his campaign reshuffle, things were different. Gone was the unapoll jet you can candidate for president. Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you dont choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that and, believe it or not, i regret it. Reporter trump went to say he will always tell the truth. He used this change in attitude to take clinton. She never tells the truth. One lie after another and getting worse with each passing day. Reporter clinton met with the Top Police Chiefs in the nation. She wants to show that she can support communities and the people would protect them. I believe supporting our Police Officers and improving policing go hand in hand. Everyone is safer when there is everyone is respected by the law. Reporter in a statement, clinton responded to trumps appear new tone saying he started the campaign by insulting people and continues to do so. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. Wake Forest Police are still looking for the person who killed a man near the hope house. This was breaking news yesterday morning. 26yearold Sebastian Smith was shot off north allen street. He later died in the hospital. Police say the shooting has nothing to do with the hope florida law that prevents state funds from going to organizations that provide abortions. The controversial law also added inspection requirements on clinics. Planned parenthood challenged three parts of the law. The republican governor rick scotts administration has decided to stop fighting the issue in court. Blue cross blue shield is experiencing some technical issues. The problems are affecting claims, processing and customer service. The company is working to with doctors, hospitals and pharmacies to make sure they are aware of the situation. Raleigh police is asking the fbi to help them determine if shots were fired at Crabtree Valley mall. After reviewing surveillance video, talking to witnesses and examining two holes in the ceiling, they are no closer to solving the mystery. They released nearly 300 911 calls that made it were in danger. There was lots of bangs and shootings at the Crabtree Valley mall. Did you see anybody . No, didnt see anybody. But everybody is running. Has somebody been shot . I dont know. The recallery police want the fbi lab to analyze a video with the sound in the background to see if they can it came from. We are at 97 on wednesday. 93 yesterday and about 90 today. Yep, so gradually, it is coming on down. Even our dew point was down a little bit yesterday and the heat index is a little lower. It still felt awful out there if you had to be out for any amount of time. Today, well see more cloud cover so it may not feel as bad. Temperatures come down a little bit. Again, we have more cloud cover and a better chance for thunderstorms. We showers mainly north of raleigh. This will swing past franklinton and youngsville coming up in the next 30 minutes or so. Elsewhere from the triangle area northward, university a few patchy showers out there. Well take a look at our radar picture. You can see from late yesterday from raleigh northward. You might run into a little bit of patchy rain in some areas. 74 in holly springs. 74 in south hill and 77 in rocky mount and wilson. By lunchtime, temperatures climb into the mid80s. Well see a high of 90 this afternoon. A god chance of scattered storms late today. That will hold true for saturday appear sunday. A good chance of scattered storms late today. Brian is taking a look at the there, none of which are causing big problems. Lets take a look at the live commute maupin side the beltline. Just got a report of an accident on wade avenue at glenwood avenue. Something not too far from the five points area to keep in mind. There is another crash reported, minor crash out on glenwood at creedmore out by Crabtree Valley mall just to the west of the beltline. Apex, they are clearing up an as you approach 64 and tryon road. Another accident on u. S. 1 northbound at the i40 interchange. Everything is over on the right shoulder and Traffic Volume this morning is light enough that we are not picking up any delays in that area. It is something to keep in mind. Try to stay in that left lane as you come in from walnut street up towards i40. Look out if a crash on capital boulevard just south of durant road. Hard to tell if it is related to the accident or just people stopped at the light there at durant road up about it. In durham, the freeway is looking okay between i40 and i 85. Southbound and northbound traffic looking good. Over in spring lake, bragg boulevard northbound permanently closed now at randolph road. The dot is asking you not to take bragg boulevard. Take the new section of 295 that opened last week out to merkerson road and then from there continue on your way to the new site posting a message to president obama. That is while federal officials work to comfort flood victims in louisiana. A ground tour of the defers station coming up. The tricks phone scammers are using ahead of backto school season. What could be the last olympic race for gold medal sprinter usain bolt. I still think he should be a wide receiver. Someones hacked all our technology. Say, have you seen all the Amazing Technology in geicos mobile app . Mobile app . Look. Electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. Wow. Yep, geicos mobile app works like a charm. Geico. A warning about a new take on an old scam. This time, the crook are taking advantage of of the backto school season. The irs says telephone scammers are targeting students and parents demanding payment for taxes that dont exist like the federal student tax. The irs says the scammers can become aggressive and even threat ton get police involved. If youre contacted, dont provide any details. The irs would mail you if you owed money. New concern about the potential spread of the zika virus in california. An area of san diego will be sprayed this morning. Officials say mosquito larvae known to carry the virus have been found in a section of the city. It is a precaution. The zika virus hasnt been found there yet. A man who lives in the area has a suspected case of zika but he may have krpted it during a recent trip abroad. Emergency crews in energy are on the scene air serious commuter bus crash. The crash involving two new in newark new jersey shortly before 6 00 this morning. Aerials of scene that you see right here show one bus on its side. According to local media reports, we are looking at this and one of the bus drivers was killed and at least 19 people are hurt im hearing now. All of of the injured peaks with the exception of one of the bus passengers with the exception of one of the bus drivers. Emergency officials will examine the scare that sent jfk airport into a panic. The governor says the incident is an opportunity to learn. The airport was shut down for three hours sunday night after unfounded reports of gunshots triggered chaos. An investigation revealed there were no gunshots. The noise was part of a celebration of usain bolt victory in the 100meter dash. On the track at the rio olympics. The jamaican sprinter insists he will run his final olympic race tonight. Bolt already won husband Third Straight local gold medal in the 200 meters. He will try for another win in the 4x100meter relay tonight. Team usas ashton eaton defended his title of greatest athlete on earth. He won his second straight in the mens decathlon tying the alltime record. The u. S. Is 100 strong when it comes to the olympic medal count now. China a distant second with 58 medals. Great britain with 56. Russia and japan round out the top pipe with 44 and 36. I think theyve done pretty well for themselves. And the olympic bullies this year. It is a story out of rye owe that keeps evolving. Story out of rio that keeps evolving. . And i think its a gonna be a long, long time . . This is a live look now at the International Space station today. Two nasa astronauts will be walking outside the iss. I really do listen do they listen to o. Space ships to elton johns rocket man. Bunch of times. That looks like a nice view. That looks like they are doing the sidewalk right now. They are putting an adaptor up there so they can accept crews from commercial flights. They are hardworking folks up there. They sure are and im sure loving their job. Talk about a dream job. They dont really get to take the weekend off like most of the rest of us do. It will still be hot and through the weekend. I think a lot of us wish the hot weather would take some time off and it look like it will but not in time for the weekend. We started off with just patchy light rain showers. You can still see some rain from south hill down to northern Person County back over towards northern roanoke rapids. Weve had just this one little cell that has developed. No lightning with this. It continues to hold together. Franklinton and youngsville headed towards louisburg. Just an anomaly hanging out out there. Just a little bitty spot with heavier rain. Dont let that catch you by surprise. We were looking at most of these showers back to our west but well roll the loop of the radar and can you see this moving from west to east across the area. It has not been a big deal t just made for slightly wet conditions. It just made for slightly we have one little cell producing the heavy rain there in Franklin County. We take a look because we are looking at clouds everywhere this morning. Almost a little bit of a hole in the clouds over downtown. There has been some light rain there in roxboro. 77 our current temperature at the airport. 72 in henderson. 73 in roxboro. 74 in south hill. 75 in sanford and fayetteville. We could have showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. This will sit here in a weakened state tomorrow and sunday and then a stronger front ariefsz and just scours all of this thick, heavy air out of the region and it will feel so much better by next week. Arrives. That will produce localized flooding and strong gusty winds. There is saturday with the storms developing. Sunday, same story. Well be watching the tropic all through the weekend. Be sure to tune in to mike and aimee. Here is Tropical Storm fiona which is about to be just a tropical wave again. We have a wave coming off the coast of africa. This is a new one. Mike maze is talking about that last night. It look like it potentially could get a name sometime in the next couple of days. Just tracking fiona. It is moving northwest at 10 hour winds. By the weekend, it just degenerates into a low pressure system and university dies off there in the atlantic. We are looking at a 50 chance of showers and thunderstorms today. An university dies off there in the and university dies off there in the dies off there in the atlantic. 88degrees on monday. That is normal for this time of year. We have lovely morning lows as well. Looking at 60 for tuesday, wednesday and thursday morning. High temperatures in the mid 80s. It will be nice to have that first sort of hint of fall, just hint. Well enjoy the hint. It is the worst u. S. Disaster since hurricane sandy. But it looks like they will louisiana this weekend. Deadly high waters have already displaced thousands. Polo sandoval shows us the latest concerns and questions for the president. Reporter from the air, the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. Cnn spending the day with the National Guard to survey the scope and severity of louisianas historic flood. Tens of thousands have abandoned their homes and from this Vantage Point t looks like when the water finally subsides. This is what makes the guard different. Fighting wars is one thing. When you are not fighting wars, you are helping the homeland. That is something special. Reporter some of the National Guard minutes helping in the rovey are also flood victims themselves. In many parts of the region, 75 of the homes were destroyed and those were the homes of the men and women in the National Guard, of all the people doing the response. Having to respond. Touring an evacuation center, many flood victims are worried about how long it will take for the region to recover. Is there something you dont have that you need . I mean you got medical, food, clothing. We do but we are not turning anything around because we dont know how long it will go on. Reporter at the same time, there is growing criticism. President obama for vacationing in Marthas Vineyard as the people in louisiana deal with the aftermath. Righting in an editorial, if the president can interrupt his vacation for a swanky fund raise fore fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton as he did on monday, then surely he can make time to show up for a catastrophe that has displaced thousands. This is the magnitude of this disaster requires federal leadership. It requires federal intervention. This is a poor state and a lot of people have lost everything katrina. That was Polo Sandoval reporting. Homeland security secretary jay johnson says federal leaders are in louisiana and they will stay there as lodge as it takes for them to recover. Lets move to a much more pleasant thought and scene. The gardens here in North Carolina full of tomatoes and cucumbers right now. Im hungry and i have watch this now. Well do a sweet tomato Cucumber Salad and a savory tomato Cucumber Salad. Week nights, i need a side dish quick and i dont want to turn on the oven or stove. Chances are i always have some cucumber and tomato in my produce bin. This is just over the years a quick throw together salad. Well make the sweet one first. We combine some diced cucumbers mix together the dressing. Red wine vinegar, sugar and mayonnaise. Well pour it all over and stir to combine. This is interesting. Youre done. This will be a sweet tangy thing. The savory salad is just as easy. Add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and fresh basil. All of this stuff is right in the garden. Or maybe in your neighbors garden. Ask and borrow. It is time so easy to make on a weeknight when you need a side dish. That is good. Both the sweet and the savory saled are delicious, easy side dishes. We told what you to do with the tomatoes and cucumbers now. There is no excuse. We all want to live and vacation way smile. The robe one Central American country topped the happy planet index for a third popularity in one state. Im lena tillett with your top stories. Welcome back Forest Police are looking for a person who killed a man near the hope house. Blue cross blue shield of North Carolina is experiencing technical issues. The problems are affecting claims processing and customer service. Blue cross says it is working with doctors, hospitals and farm asies to make sure they showers up near the virginia line except in the last hour to hour and a half, weve had this interesting little cell develop and right now, it is over in Franklin County. Well zoom in on that. It is not producing any lightning, nothing dangerous. Not a veer storm but just dont be surprised by some heavy rain from luresburg as you are heading south toward rolesville. From louisburg. Later this affect, a better thunderstorms with heavy rain. A typically warm and muggy august morning. Expect a high of 90 this afternoon with about a 50 chance of scattered storms. We take a look at that road weather index and we can see that heavier shower in Franklin County, that ride on 401 between rolesville and louisburg is going to be pretty wet. You need to allow some extra time. Elsewhere, some wet roads as carolinavirginia border along the i85 corridor. Just take it easy as you head outment as we take a look at the live commute map, a number of crashes around raleigh. Very few are causing big problems. There is one around wade avenue and edwards mill road. We are seeing pretty chevy traffic on outbound wade. Ahead on fox other, why you could see more Law Enforcement welcome back. Im bill leslie. Im lena tillett. In rio, south american swimmer james feigen was seen at a courthouse. The swimmers lawyer said feigen will pay more than 10,000 and leave the country today. Two of of the u. S. Olympic swimmers, gunnar bentz and jack conger are now headed home from police say the american swimmers vandalized a gas station bathroom while drunk after a party on sunday. They paid for the damage when confronted by Armed Security guards. As we said, feigen will leave today. The fourth swimmer, ryan lochte, is already back in the u. S. The athletes could face prosecution for lying to police. They could also face punishment from the u. S. Olympic committee. That committee released this Statement Last night saying, quote, the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable nor team usa or the conduct of the vast majority of its members. We will further review the matter and any potential consequences for the athletes when we return to the u. S. We also learned more overnight about a man found dead in southeast raleigh. They are also investigating this cases a homicide. Mikaya thurman has been following the story and joins us live with details on the search for the shooter. Reporter authorities are reaching out any information that could lead them to the person or people responsible for the shooting. 23yearold la Quan Andersons with a father of two young boys. Police say his bod way was found around 6 00 p. M. Last night on cross street. Family members says anderson had been missing since tuesday. Neighbors report a shooting in the same area that night. They say they heard gunfire in the afternoon and again in the late evening. Asked to contact raleigh crimestoppers. Thank you. Former chairman of the joint cheefsz of staff retired army general john vessey has died. He rose through the ranks in a 46 year military career and served as chairman under president ronald reagan. He was 94 years old. Republican running mate governor mike pence of indiana will visit floodravaged louisiana today. That is where more than a dozen peopl

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