Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News At 600 AM 201603

Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News At 600 AM 20160315

Afternoon 78 degrees under mostly sunny skies. Gorgeous day shaping up today. We will see the temperatures jump even warmer tomorrow. We will talk about that and we have cooler air for the first day of spring in the sevenday forecast but now weather and traffic with amber. Amber good tuesday morning. If you are heading to the polls watch for the volume around the sites. At the open 6 30 until 7 30 tonight. Now it sis pretty light volume with police activity, maybe a disabled vehicle 40 westbound at cary towne boulevard. Looks like a tow truck just arrived. No delay there. A little glistening on the live cameras. This is skibo and raeford in fayetteville a aive camera no problems into fragment Cumberland County off to a nice start. We have some storms that passed through so you may have wet roads. As far as shower activity we are we were seeing showers around 95 and Roanoke Rapids and a little patchy fog in raleigh. Barbara thanksgiving you. John North Carolina one of five crucial states with president ial primaries today. Barbara 72 delegates are available for republicans and democrats 107. Anthony wilson is here to explain how your vote could be a part of a critical turning point in the race for president. Anthony . The day is here and bill bryan is here from the Durham County board offof elections. You say there is Something Else citizens need to be concern about and that is the location. The biggest problem election day is people dont show,at the right precinct to vote. We encourage them to check it out before they leave for the polls. They can do that by going to the Durham County board of elections website and theres a link that you can enter your name and figure out your precinct. Anthony it will be pretty busy. It should be. Early voting takes a big chunk out of the election day turnout. It is getting to be a much bigger part. Anthony an kaegs of level of an indication of level of interest. Yes. Anthony some are confused by what they need to bring to get the chance to vote. Some dont have what is considered a valid i. D. If you dont have a valid i. D. You can fill out and a affidavit of reasonable it. You can vote provisionally. There is a myriad of different i. D. s that work under the circumstances. The most obvious is the drivers license. There are military i. D. s, tribal i. D. s. Things like that. If you have a passport, that is good. Same day registration is still committed in terms of the court orders. We are bouncing around on a daily basis with response to the court orders. It makes the election support exciting than others. They open at 6 30. Anthony vote early. We have lots of room. They may be busy. The earlier you get here perhaps you cannot have to stand in line as long. There is a lot of interest in the election on both sides. Barbara here are a couple of other primary races. Pat manage career and roy cooper are heavy favorites in their gubernatorial primaries. Charlie moss an Robert Brawley are challenging mccrory from the republican side and on the democrats it sis ken spaulding. John for state attorney chen jim oneil head the packer the republicans. On the democratic side it is Marcus Williams the public defender who lost the 2013 democratic primary for u. S. House district eight. He is against Josh Stein A Raleigh attorney. First statewide bond in 15 years is on the primary ballot today. The 2 billion connect n. C. Bond act would be used to pay for New Buildings on College Campuses and new construction in state parks. Governor mccrory led the way to get voters on board. The wake county board of commissioners out in support of this. Barbara to a story we first alerted you to. Donald trump will not face charges in cumberland krld after an incident at his rally last week after this punch. Earlier today the earlier yesterday the cumberland crumbounty action and the Legal Counsel said it doesnt meet that law so there are no charges. John we are your election headquarters for vote 2016. Go to abc11. Com govote for more details about the photo i. D. Law and there is a living to the president ial delegate counter. You can watch a question and answer session with an election official and get coverage of the primary we you want it. Remember to stay with Eyewitness News all night and we will have complete results as they come in on abc11, abc11 mobile app as well. Barbara we are working to get an update on the person hit by a car on capital boulevard. They were trying to cross near i5 40 i540 last night. Paramedics rushed the person to the hospital. Officers blocked part of the intersection during the investigation. John in Fayetteville Police are looking into a convenient argument that ended with within mans death. It was cedar creek road two men shot during a fight with a third man. This morning. One person shot died at the hospital, the other is in serious condition. 6 07. A parking garage putting safety and security under the microscope in raleigh. The free service that could help protect you while downtown. Barbara busy spring travel season is here. What you need to know to make sure the next strip is smooth sailing. Don as you head out we have dry conditions now on the first alert doppler network. Not seeing any rainfall. Talk about that and if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. We can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. Don welcome back. Lets talk bus stop forecast. You may see patchy fog in areas that had showers last night. Rain is done but you pay see a few puddles too as you look out and take the kids to the bus stop. Temperatures in the 50s. Coolest spot is roxboro at 51. Day south hill. 55 right now louisburg. 52 hillsborough and 57 downtown 57 lillington and 59 fayetteville. Looking at the day ahead patchy fog and 56. By lunchtime 70 degrees under partly sunny skies. Then through the late day 77 degrees and 80s in the sand hills. Tomorrow is even warmer. We will talk about that in the complete forecast in a bit. My god. Upsetting and disconcerting. Very scary to see that happen here. John violent incident in a downtown raleigh parking garage is a startling reminder that you can never be too careful. Brandon barb certify accused of barber is accused of attacking a woman. He appeared before a judge tuesday. To help keep you safety the Downtown Raleigh Alliance has a free Escort Service to the car. We have that posted with it story on abc11. Com. Barbara major adoption event this week to help get homes for hosting it in sanford friday knew sunday. Nearly 700 dogs and cats were rescued in january. It starts friday morning 10 00 and through sunday 6 00 p. M. You can learn more about it on the abc11 mobile app p der the featured section. John more traveling through r. D. U. Airport this month. That means you will need to take steps to keep your cool. R. D. U. Officials say you will need to arrive at least 90 minutes before departure time. The airport is also doing work on the main parking deck between terminals one and two and they say spaces could fill up sooner. The meantime arrive early and try parking in one of the park and rides. Barbara 6 12. Fallen officer showed vietnam heroism extreme heroism. Amber staying on top of news center. Injured in a shootout. Opened fire. It ended with officers killing the suspect. We are waiting to learn that suspects name. We know the three officers injuries are not lifethreatening. John a Maryland Police officer killed in the line of duty is remembered as a great human those words from his College Football coach. We learned friendly fire is responsible for his death. It was during a gunmansal bush in Prince Georges County outside washington, d. C. Police say michael ford opened fire on a Police Station two brothers were in cars near the station videotaping the shootout. Officer colson would have celebrated his 29th birthday this week. To fins harrison announced joe joe would be the new bachelorette. It is the oval office i cant believe im there it is more intimidating than the square. Twoonone knocks and i cant stop im here with the president john president obama thinks this will go viral. That is a free tiling in the rose garden monday. He is the creator of hamilton the show chronicling the life of treasury secretary alexander hamilton. The president and first lady are fans. The president even said that is the only thing he and dick cheney agree on. Barbara i hear it is almost impossible to get tickets. Don it was such a surprise hit. Some when you go to broadway you know they are big. Lion king apbdnd others were big shows. This came out of nowhere and it is crazy. It will be here. Today weve got pretty great weather temperaturewise. It is humid and you may see patchy fog. Look at the trend. Then it start to fall. It will go below average. Down in the lower 60s and springtime starts sunday and it will be cooler. Live look into downtown raleigh and 56. Dew point 65, 97 humidity. Weekend calm. Sunrise 7 25. Live look into downtown fayetteville. Right now 60, 87 humidity. Numbers from across the region 51 in roxboro, eight degrees warmer in fayetteville and also goldsboro at 59. Rocky mount and wilson 59. 61 smithfield, 53 sanford. 54 louisburg and Roanoke Rapids. Not seeing any rainfall right now. We have cloud cover and we have humidity left from the rainfall so those spots where it rained you may see patchy fog. Look at the dry weather into south carolina, tennessee, this High Pressure will slide east an and clear skies. As we go through the afternoon clear skies and lots of sunshine across region. Clear tonight. Tomorrow a weak frontal boundary approaches and it works through and it could trigger a stray shower. I dont think it will be wide spread but embedded in the cloud cover could be a shower wednesday. That presses through and it is cold er colder toward the weekend. The rest of today we will see in raleigh partly sunny skies and warm start. Maybe patchy fog. Into the afternoon mostly sunny and above average. Into the upper 70s. Across the area you will see temperatures in the 70sers 78 Holly Springs and cary. 77 chapel hill and siler city. 78 durham, 79 smithfield 80 goldsboro and 79 lillington and pinehurst. 81 lumberton. 77 wake forest and rocky mount. 78 louisburg. Roxboro the high 75. Tonight temperatures back into the 50s for overnight lows. 58 raleigh. 60 fayetteville. Normal is 40 so well above that. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather, as we go into tomorrow 82, warmest day of the week and could be the warmest of the year so far. Thursday 76 and colder air working in. Friday 68. Saturday 61 and on sunday first day of spring 62 degrees. Could see showers saturday night into sunday. Today gorgeous. Barbara spring here. Amber happens quickly. We are looking pretty good as you head out the door. It will feel a little warm as don said. We are starting to warm up a 40 and wade avenue is the live camera. All cameras fine. You may see a little precip on the roads from the showers. Wake county looking good as you head out to the main roads. A little volume but no page problems. We have a secondary accident i will get to in a second in northern wake county. A little fog around raleigh but you can see showers push out and when we went on the air there were some around i95 and Roanoke Rapids but moved on. Going to the northeast they expect a foggy day. That is delta lake and duraleigh road road. That is around the airport so they are seeing a little fog. This sis 40 and 15 501 Durham County nice and quiet. No problems on 540 eastbound 11 minutes 70 to 1 and same on 85 northbound on time four minutes john 6 it 6 22. Barbara the new technology that can change the way you order from a. M. Done. John the latest tar heel having his jersey hung. Barbara we have a special vote 2016 hotline to sort out questions and concerns. Volunteers for the league of women voters will be here to answer questions if you have any questions before you vote or any concerns after you vote. Go to abc11. Com incredible bladder protection now comes with an incredible double your money back guarantee. Always discreet is for bladder leaks and its drier than poise. Try it, love it or get double your money back. Always discreet. Morning ted scott ready to hit some balls . Ooh hey buddy, whats up . This is what it can be like to have shingles. Oh, man. A painful, blistering rash. If you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. After almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. You know, im not feeling it today. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist today barbara welcome back. John regular season ends with carolina ranked third in the a. P. And coaches poll. Part of the success is down to bryce johnson. He was awarded first team allamerica status tuesday by the u. S. Basketball writers association. So his jersey will hang among the other tar heel hreplgdz in the rafters. The road to the file four begins thursday at 7 20 at p. N. C. Arena. Amazon may soon let people pay for things by taking a picture. Barbara here are our tech bytes. Making a purchase with a selfie. Amazon reportedly developed technology to allow users to complete the transaction by snapping a selfie. May launch the technology. Aids to help you fall asleep. The bulb changes light depending on time of day. Tones reminiscent of morning sunlight help you wake up and lunar tones prepare you for sleep. The folks say everything is back to normal. The dating app came to a halt yesterday thanks to glitch that deleted some user matches. It is cleared up. They say the missing matches returned when a use are logs out and back in. Must be relieved. Those are your tech bytes. John still to come it is president ial primary day in North Carolina. The polls open in a couple of minutes. How your vote could containing the election. Barbara what raleighs police chief is exp with 20 megs of Internet Speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider with highspeed internet from centurylink. American workers brought us back from the crash. Now, lets move forward. We need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. New penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. For businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. And lets invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. Weve gotta create new jobs and industries of the future. Tinder barbara it is super tuesday round three and the polls are now open. John this time North Carolina voters get to weigh in on a president ial election and other state and local races. What you need to know before you head to the polls. Barbara severe storms pound the area for a second night. The damage left hyped. John one county puts dog owners on notice. You face if you dont. Barbara good morning, carolina, welcome on this primary tuesday 57 degrees and 6 30. Im barbara gibbs. John im john clark. We will get to thing about stories in a moment but first weather and traffic together. Barbara meteorologist don schwenneker, good morning. Tkpwhrao good morning to you. As head out the door we have dry conditions. Showers have pressed out and temperatures will jump quickly. 50s now. By 10 00 in the 60s and we will be in the 70s. 51 roxboro, 59 wilson and goldsboro. 52 sanford. 61 smithfield. 59 fayetteville. Looking at the day ahead 56 now and patchy fog in areas that saw rain. By lunchtime we go to 70 and partly sunny. Through the afternoon mostly sunny and 78 degrees. Tomorrow we go into the 80s but then we get cooler. Complete forecast but now weve weather and traffic with amber rupinta. Amber watch for traffic heading into the polling sites. They are just opening. We also have a typical delay 40 westbound clayton bypass. Always slow at the merge. That is folks from Johnston County going to wake county every morning seeing the slowdown. Five or section minutes six minutes there. Road weather index showing the fog. That is the orange around raleigh. You may see some around 440. We had showers around Roanoke Rapids and they have pushed out. This accident u. S. 64 west at lake pine drive. That is around the apex area and then into North Raleigh delta lake at duraleigh road an accident there. John new this morning overnight severe storms leave behind damage. Fire investigators say this home on knights bridge away in east flames came from the roof and attic. The two inside got out safely. Barbara strong wind is to blame for this tree at the do you recall arrange county orange county. It was blocking traffic on erwin road until cleared. John to the election. For weeks North Carolina voters had to sit on the sidelines while the rest of the nation decided the direction of the president ial race. Barbara today North Carolina is one state upper grabs in super tuesday around three. Gloria rodriguez is live where the polls just opened. Gloria it is premium marry election day here in primary election day and the polls just opened a few minutes ago. You see the signs for the different candidates and it is a big day. If you are getting ready to vote there is a lot to know and we have dr. Lee cooley with the state

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