Little bit cool, it will be below average for us but will feel nice since well have full sun and wont be windy. Nice afternoon ahead and gets better for tomorrow. Got a great weekend to look forward to, more on the details coming up in a few minutes. Kristen in campaign 2016, South Carolina democrats will have a chance to make their pick for the partys president ial nominee in an hour. Polls open at 7 00 Bernie Sanders campaigned across the state but says quoting here there are some states we are going to lose. For her part, Hillary Clinton focused her message friday on the republicans rather than sanders. Arguing that the gop candidates are are offering failed economic policies. For the polls will be open through 7 00 tonight were going to have continuing coverage of the South Carolina primary throughout the day right here on wbtv, you can also get up to the minute Election Results on wbtv. Com. On the republican side, unexpected support from a former rival. Chris christie endorsed th
Track of the weather download the free wbtv weather app it has alerts to warn you of problems. A troubling case out of Caldwell County. A man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend and their twoyearold son. And tonight we are hearing from the mans daughters who say their father has an abusive past and has hurt them. Wbtvs Brody Oconnell is live with their reaction. What can the suspects daughters have to say . Good evening and you have to excuse me im competing with the church bells chiming here. I did speak to the suspects daughters. Both very upset to find out that according to police their own father violently attacked their two stepbrothers but they said they wanted county leaders to know what they call their fathers violent history. Still to this day am scared i feel sick to my stomach when i see him. Last nights violent attack should not have happened. The 25yearolds tell wbtv their father henry pits has a long history of abuse. My mom took most of the beatings most of the time. B
The powerful few. Right now were tracking more heavy downpours moving toward the charlotte area. Im liz foster. Im blake hansen. Todays rain is just the start. Tomorrow we could be dealing with serve weather. Meteorologist john ahrens is using charlottes most powerful radar to track it. Well see more downpours coming at us in waves the next wave, looks like it will come in our direction by about 9 00. Lets go to live Early Warning doppler 9 where it settled down in uptown charlotte. A little while ago, if you live north side up in Highland Creek in huntersville, it was coming down. Still moderate rains right now in rowan county over kannapolis with a pocket of heavy rain. This guy moved through Crowders Mountain. Heavy rain and wind at 25 miles an hour pushing into concord. The next destinations for this will be the communities of rock well and granite quarry, northern side of rich field and meisenheimer. This is getting ready to move into parts of earl and Kings Mountain will be next.
Construction and operation of the 77 express lanes. They say each project has a separate financial structure and the case in texas has not impacted anything with construction here. Tonight, we spoke with members of the group that opposes the toll roads. We should cancel the contract now. We shouldnt be doing business with someone that has a track record of failure. State senator told channel 9 tonight this gives North Carolina a good reason to cancel the contract and fast. If this project reach st the point of filing for bankruptcy, it is kind of the house of cards. Channel 9 investigated years now. In 2014, i traveled to dallas y road. Critics said it was a tax on the poor and call the the toll roads unfair, but dallas leaders told me their population is booming and they to handle all that traffic. I spoke with Mecklenburg County commissioner. He called it the latest in a long line of failures. He says is guaranteed to be a failure here as well. Count on channel 9 to continue digging
Supporting governor john kasich. He was the standard bearer of our party four years ago. Hell campaign in an upbeat and positive way. Reporter cruz continues to insist hes the only candidate who can beat donald trump. A vote for john kasich or a vote for marco rubio is a vote thats thrown away. Reporter another enthusiastic day on the campaign trail. Police issued six citations to people attending a donald trump rally in hickory, North Carolina. Thats near charlotte. The Hickory Police Department Says the citations were for disorderly conductnd resisting an officer. Authorities did not specify if those citations were issued to protesters or Trump Supporters. Thank you. Former president ntbill clinton on the campaign trail trying to rally support for his wife hilly. People at a florida a m event. Mr. Clinton was trying to win over as many as floridas youngest voters who will be taking part in theirjfirst election this year. The stakes are high in tomorrows floida primary. Its a make or