Viewed as a question. Theres no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. That is not in the constitutional text. I am amused when i hear people who claim tore strict interpreters of the constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. There is more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. That is president obama talking about the fight between he and republicans or the impending fight that republicans say they will they do not want the president to make a nomination for the vacant seat but the president saying he will do just that. More to come and stay tuned here. Blazing through the palmetto state and four days south carolinians will head to the polls to vote in the president ial primary and donald trump is still the frontrunner. In the new Public Policy poll trump commands a dominating lead with 35 of voters supporting him. To ted cruzs 18
Severe weather in louisiana. It is the same system. Tell us what you have. Striking photographs. And give you an idea how bad it is there some of our stations south are wall to wall sister stations in the louisiana area you can see that is a downed water to tower. That is a water tower on the ground in pieces and this is video we have gotten from prairieville, louisiana destruction because of the weather that moved through. We have heard of reports of downed power lines and possible tornadoes touching down in that area. Scary stuff there. We will keep our eye out for more images. And look at this, a charlotte man is cleaning up a mess. A huge treetopled on top of this and tomorrow we might see this again. More places are at risk than others. Brody oconnell is one of the neighborhoods deemed highrisk. What can you tell us . There are neighborhoods just outside of uptown charlotte that are heavily populated with old trees and homes and this morning we got a reminder how dangerous that ca
The forecast by downloading the free weather app. A local mom faces charges after her 20 mold old daughter overdosed while in the bed next to here. A friend found Shannon Clement and her baby girl was unconscious. The 911 call was released. We will warn you it is difficult to understand. Tell me exactly what happened . I dont know we come here and the mom was sleeping and the baby [inaudible] what do you mean sucking air . Difficulty breathing. Yes. David whisenant has been following this story and is live from salisbury. I understand you spoke with friends of the mother who are defending her. Do we know what happened . Well, at least police are telling us what they believe happened. They say that shannon the mother was in bed with her daughter and fell asleep the girl picked up the pills and ate like they were candy. The nextdoor neighbor said it was a terrifying scene when Police Showed up at 416 south wednesday. They walked out the front door one of the men. And he had the little gi
Different. Those people would have come in and i would have been sitting there, and they probably would have gone out and said it is not a good time. But you know, cannot change things. Now, the jury is going to be getting the case soon and in court robinsons lawyers are using two experts a psychologist and psychiatrist and trying to say that robinson is not mentally capable enough to have been a mastermind of anything. In fact one of his experts described him as a psychiatricly disturbed individual. And see what happens tomorrow. David whisenant wbtv on your side. A 19yearold murder case is finally in the hands of a jury. 20yearold mcqueen was a student reported missing back in 1996. Nine months later, a construction crew found her remains on the side of a me edwin lalling is being tried for murder. Her roommate says she was going to meet him when she disappeared. The charlottemecklenburg school board wants to make more schools diverse and help struggling schools. And there are talks
Is what this is. A lot of the families have Young Children and they just want a safe source of water. Mona lisa wallace is an attorney represented a number of the families and its about providing protection to the residentsism if there is any daughter as if the water is safe that doubt should be resolved in favor of protection of the families. Duke energy will continue to provide bottled water to the families. David whisenant wbtv on your side. We called the state toxicologist but have not received a response. Over to alex giles live in the alert center with a bad crash on Central Avenue and what is going on . We have been watching the situation. And right now, they are loading somebody into an ambulance after this bad accident. This video taken on Central Avenue and we know the road has been shutdown. Fire crews and Police Officers we are not sure how many vehicles have been involved but at least one. We have seen the officers trying to get someone out of the vehicle. And you see them