donnie has had problems like this before, we have two people in the hospital. reporter: solicitor donnie myers was charged after running into a telephone pole on thursday. s third event since 2005. richard richland county official kelvin washington hit another car with two people inside. both were sent to the hospital. this was washington s second arrest in the new year after being charged with not paying taxes in january. public officials are going to be scrutinized more carefully than an ordinary citizen should be. they should be extra careful about their own personal conduct. reporter: john pringle is with a watchdog group of public officials. according to him, this these two cases are adding to a skeptical public skeptical corruption. reporter: pringle says there is nothing the public can do to oust public officials. the council members seth rose said it made it may be in the best interest of the public if washington steps down to address these issue. i
closed on central, just up from sharon amity heading up towards rose haven. you have to take central towards albemarle road. you can jump on independence boulevard heading inbound. traffic is in good shape for the major thoroughfair. if you re head through matthews towards 277 it will 14 minutes. weather pattern a windy start. 51 in charlotte. 52 concord and salisbury and in the mountains we re in the 50s. it is breezy. the southwest winds will be with us all day today and will keep our temperatures on the warm side as we work through this morning, lots of sunshine, not too chilly. mid to upper 50s are in place by nine. the high is not far from 70 degrees. going to be a gorgeous day. i ll show you on the futurecast how in the mountains we may see a small rain chance coming in for awhile as a weak cold front we re staying on top of breaking news in cleveland county. three people are in the hospital after a crash and massive explosion in fullston early this morning. joe, we
leading role in the oklahoma city bombing investigation promised to rise above bipartisanship. people must be confident that the judge s decision zarkin determined by the law and only the law. reporter: in this election year, even republicans and democrats agree on one thing, everything is political. brian moore, nbc news, washington. we ask north carolina voters the same question about a potential nominee a few weeks ago in our wral news poll. we asked, should the senate hold hearings and vote on the president s nominee to put the supreme court vacancy? 51% of you said yes, 38% said no, and 11% were not sure. senator richard burr released this statement about the nomination, he said, quote, the american people deserve a voice in thenoinioof the next supreme court justice. this could tip the balance of supported by the american people as evidenced by the 2014 election results giving the republicans both the senate and house. a record number of voters turned up to the
and for more on that lets get to meteorologist, karen rogers, in for david murphy, she is watching stormtracker 6 live double scan at the big board. the weather service has posted a coastal flood warning, a warning in effect for this region until 6:00 friday morning, and that is not because of the heavy rain but because of the on shore flow, the push of water, we expect to see wave heights up to 12 feet because of this, and it s a big problem, and the lighter blue, the coastal flood watch extends into sunday, this has nothing to do with the hurricane just the setup of the on shore flow, and add other concerns on to that and that is why we have so many developments here, the current rain is not that bad, some rain in the region in the western suburbs, just another rainy, chilly day, this is not flooding rain, but the temperature is a big switch for you and you need to dress for it and prepare for it. it s only 60 degrees and some areas it s as much as 23 degrees cooler tha
well, it was an experiment, an experiment that did not work. they wanted us to start out flying 260-horsepower vehicles rather than cubs which were 45-horsepower, and there s a major difference. the flying part did not bother us, but they made the mistake of putting 20 red-blooded american boys in jarvis hall of tcu, the girls dormitory. back in 1943, that did not work. everyone else forgets, but i can tell that i played football for texas christian university. time goes on, after a few more, i might have been all confidence. truth is i never did get in the ballgame. we broke kid of arms and a fractured cheekbone, and the navy pulled us out. we broke two arms and a fractured cheekbone, and the navy pulled us out. did not get to finish. it was an interesting program. they dropped the qualifications for navy pilots to have a college degree after the battle of midway. they dated they needed pilots. they took me in, obviously. i had a very poor background in high school and