Reporter we spoke with the director of veterans affairs. Were you disheartened and frustrated by the delays . I was, i would not stand for. Reporter he said the opening was delayed because legislatures did not approve the state budget on time. But, he knew it would open this month. Families are grateful to have closure. Reporter four months, he has been saving veterans remains for burial. Reporter and veterans are glad to have a special cemetery honoring them in. Joel Funeral Homes in goldsboro and the surrounding areas, veterans can now finally be laid to rest. If you have something for us to investigate you can send us an email, it is on your screen there. Anna maybe give more families some closure. Controversy tonight surrounding Student Council elections. Some student names were left off the ballot. Joel a computer glitch happened, but some parents say racism is to blame. We have the details. Reporter they are now calling this human error, but there was an electronic ballot online. Is more. The mothers interviewed say their children were excited to campaign for the election. But they were shocked monday morning, the day the student body could vote. She said, no one could vote for me mom, because my name was on the ballot. Reporter four africanamericans names were taken off the ballot in the category they were running. Reporter here is a look at the ballots. We have blurred everyones last names to protect their identities. You have four africanamerican students who are not on the ballot. That is not a technical glitch. To see your child going through reporter the principal said it was obviously a mistake. I wanted the election to be fair, and we are starting the election process over from the start. The candidates will have to resubmit an application to run, and we campaign a second time. But parents are saying their kids are being harassed. To go backwards and do this whole thing again, they make all the students go through the race. Reporter the principal reportedly has checks and balances in place for the upcoming new election. Live in rally raleigh. Joel now to the serious crash in sanford today. It could have been worse. The system on the back of the reporter the device you often see attached to the back of dot work trucks may have saved multiple lives today. It appears the scorpion on the back of the dot truck absorbed quite an impact. This video provided by the man, you can see of the device works, with several crush zones designed to collapse and slow the vehicle. This happened on highway 421 bypass in sanford county, the other car was badly damaged. But there were no serious injuries. We want to protect the work crew, as well as people who might hit it. They are designed to slow down a car without stopping it to suddenly. If it is to suddenly, you can hurt the driver of the car. Could push the truck into a zone. Reporter it is hard to put a price on a human life. Officials say this device has saved so many, it is well worth the cost to taxpayers. Anna impossible to put a price on a humanlike. A raleigh man is alive due to the quick actions of his neighbors and friends. There was a fire at this apartment complex. A neighbor saw the smoke and everyone got out. There was a lot of smoke coming out. His friend was coming to visit and pulled up. He came over, he responded. Out, and there it is. Anna he is recovering at the burn center, we dont know his condition. It is believed a cigarette started the fire. A ninemonth girl and her mother are dead, from a crash yesterday afternoon. The Highway Patrol says a minivan across the centerline and crashed headline has long into a pickup truck. The woman was not wearing a safety belt and the baby was not properly restrain. Authorities do not yet know why the van crossed the centerline. Charges are still pending. Joel we have information on the debate for police body cameras. Joel picking up the issue of police body cameras. A Public Safety committee met to discuss these cameras, which are in use across several parts of the state right now. This is after an incident of a shooting in raleigh. Anna an unusual and to a police chase. Officers tried to stop a speeder, but had to chase the carver miami boulevard down to durham freeway. They ended in the parking lot of Durham Police headquarters. Joel Fayetteville Police arrested this man for a hitandrun crash this morning. 27yearold Timothy Patrick ducloss, is charged with dwi, license. Stephen Michael Floyd was killed in the crash. He is held on charges of speeding and driving without a license. Six days to go until North Carolinas president ial primary. We will have a coming up for you. Anna one of the most popular pickups on the road today. Why federal safety authorities are now investigating the board f1 50 ford f150. Reporter donald trump is back in the state. Supporters lined up for hours. We will take you inside, as we await his arrival. A month away from turning 16, anna donald trump and ted cruz calling on republicans to unite around them. If everyone came together, a say no one could be the republican party. Donald trump pickup three wins. He got the endorsement of former candidate Carly Fiorina today. What donald trump wants is for us to be divided. If we are divided, he wins the nomination, and hillary becomes president. If we unite, that aint gonna happen. Reporter Hillary Clinton is moving closer to the amount of joel investigating a popular pickup truck for break malfunctions, they are looking at ford f150s from 2013 and 2014. Owners have reported breaks not working, it goes all the way down to the floor and the brakes do not activate. The brakes warning light comes on. Ford is cooperating with the investigation. Anna all right, dancing with the stars, fans, you know who will be competing in the show. The winner is jesse thompson, when we broke the news to him he was so excited, he is bringing his life wife along to the premier. He is taking a flight to los angeles. He says they have watched it since it started. It starts march 21, only on abc11. Say they are looking forward to it. Here is after her body was found. Police make an arrest and the death of a pregnant teen. Joel plus, some North Carolina cities are making themselves known. The best under the radar this is a letter from someone whos here. She has to take a brand name drug. Been taking it since the early 1980s. At that time it cost approximately 180 for 10 shots. The latest refill was 14. 700 for the same 10 vials and the company is called valeant pharmaceuticals. Im going after them. This is predatory pricing and were going to make sure im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Steve today is your lucky day. Woman surprised oh, my goodness mark youve just won a thousand dollars woman thats amazing thats amazing shrieks woman ok, nice job. Mark, way better than yesterday. Maria, that delivery felt a little forced. And steve, steve yeah . Woman i am still missing that raw emotion. Woman pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so lets really bring it every day, for life. Anna police in charlotte arrest a 26yearold man or murdering a pregnant teenager and her unborn the body was found in a park. Joel the state bureau of investigation has finished its review of a man who died in Police Custody in salem. He died december 9 after being arrested by four officer, and sprayed with pepper spray. His mother and sister said he had a physical and Mental Health problem. It is now in the case of the district attorney. The magazines list for best under the radar breweries. Charlotte among the 10 cities making a reputation in the beer industry, but may not be wellknown internationally nationally. Anna we have more than two dozen breweries around raleigh, they may need to look at that. Accident, just south of the 40 on garden road and hunters lane. You can see a red car at the top. Into the trees, you can watch for the latest on abc11 on our mobile app. Joel chris wind gusts now chris joins us now. Chris dont see any cool weather coming our way, as we had to the middle of next week. It stays unseasonably warm. We get for the next several days, drive tomorrow. The only active whether we see sunday into monday, not severe weather, but summit shower activity later sunday into monday. That is about it. And temperatures very warm. Enjoy it while it lasts, because it is ill march. Still march. The average day, a good idea to wait a wild longer. 76 degrees at our first alert weather center, a fair amount of sunshine. 75 in chapel hill, 73 at southern pines. Temperatures perfect out there. It is warm all the way to chicago. No cold air anywhere around the region. Temperatures will stay unseasonably warm during about 60 or so around midnight. In the morning, mid 50s and 60s. Some clouds tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, a partly cloudy sky. Partly sunny into the afternoon. Mid 70s north, the only thing keeping us from getting to 80 are the clouds. Record high tomorrow is 81, we will be close. Rains across louisiana and texas, but parts of northwest louisiana have already seen 10 inches of rain. They may see 10 or 12 more, creating record flooding there. Some of that moisture comes our way. That is why there will be a chance of rain increasing on a sunday and monday, but nothing like that. We may have a quarter or a half an inch. Dont worry about any flooding issues. A little moisture coming our way by the end of the weekend. Back could be a sprinkle, 77. Looks good for the st. Patricks day parade on saturday. Sunday, we will find to nap because we have the Half Marathon on sunday morning. So i need to keep the rain away from for everybody. Joel i would prefer not to run in the rain for a Half Marathon. Like my trainer said, just run faster. Anna look at your weather app. You can know when it will hit you. Thanks, chris. We will there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Joel prepaid credit card problems. Anna a problem for diane wilson. Diane these are popular, no credit balance, and use it when you want. But, they could not get access to their money. A prepaid credit card. Their address to qualify. They would not deliver to her home address apo address, so they used her home address. Diane they were fine with that and activated the rush card. I called them and said i could not remember my pin numbers. Diane it she tried to reset it was not that easy. We turned in an id card and different information to prove my mom was whos who she said diane they were not comfortable giving their Social Security card. That is ridiculous. Diane not having access to her money, she got in touch with me. It did not take long, and her mom had the money back. Anna that is what we like to hear. They say that Social Security cards are an important way to prevent fraud from happening. She no longer uses that card. I would not make that mistake as a troubleshooter. Joel a troubleshooter does not create more trouble. Eyewitness news continues. Anna here is the republican frontrunner who wants to be our next president. Thousands of people prepared to hear a speech. Anna a recordbreaking drug bust for one county. It put at least one suspect behind bars. Joel survival stories. Our cameras are giving you access to both locker rooms. I hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too bill hey i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. Dad, its time warner cable. 300 megs. Crazyfast. Dad you can get wifi all over this place. Cool make your home as connected as possible. Get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for 39. 99 per month. And ask about free installation. Call now. She says their names. Trayvon martin shot to death. Dontre hamilton unarmed. Sandra bland. Did nothing wrong. And makes their mothers fight for justice her own. She speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. We need action now. And stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. Just like shes always. Stood with us. Hillary clinton. See what is happening this instant. Abc11 at 6 00 starts now. Joel targeting us here in North Carolina. Anchor a donald trump rally getting underway in fayetteville. And the democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton expected at a high school tomorrow, both expected to win the primary next week. We go live to the crown coliseum with greg. Greg here at the crown coliseum, folks have been streaming in all day long. There is excitement here, a lot of supporters. They are saying they feel like right now donald trump may be unstoppable. This is a big deal for trumps campaign. They said this part of the state is crucial for a Trump Victory in North Carolina. Trump is expected to talk about the military and the veterans affairs. Earlier, hundreds of supporters lined up early this morning to get front row seats here at the crown arena. They come across the state, and southeast from other states. Others say they have attended more than a dozen trump rallies. Also, there are farmers and soldiers and Business Owners who think trump has the answers for the countries ills. My goodness, trump well fix our trade deals, and bring back our jobs. That is why i am supporting trump
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