Election and more at 10 00 in this newscast as well. Reporting live in uptown David Sentendrey fox 46 wjzy. Bill there are 243 precincts in Mecklenburg County and they will all be open until 7 30 tonight. North carolina voters will be deciding on the connect and see bond package that if it gets approved the state will borrow tube billion dollars to pay for friday projects including many in the charlotte area. 90 million would go to unc charlotte while 750,000 would go to the crothers Mountain State park. Kayla someone close to gop frontrunner donald trump joined the charlotte through this morning. Ivanka Fathers Campaign and some cant bursch a moment seen at her fathers rallies. You are in a unique position as his daughter to csi that so many of us dont get to see. Has said in regard to women. He has been accused of inciting violence and some of his rallies and in particular and fayetteville North Carolina read that so we see on the press. Do you think that is an accurate portrayal of
The democrats router in full force making stops in charlotte ahead of tomorrows North Carolina primary. We are going to old highlights from the clinton and sanders rallies. Samantha touted matthews takes another step toward their plan to possibly leave charlotte lumbered schools. We will let you know what was voted on tonight in what might happen next read. Would the to come up with ways to make their real cost of living cheap. Kayla and organizations serving the homeless thinks it may have found a solution to fight the problem. We will tell you about the unique setup that could have a major impact on the community. Good evening and thank you for joining us for fox 46 news at 10. I am kayla ayres. Bill im bill melugin. Powerful storms tonight. Want to send it over to chief meteorologist brian basham. I want you to keep in mind there have been strong storms moving through many places 1. 5 1. 5 inches and more. The northern half of few showers not a huge deal but we still have the Severe
I think it is the first indication that this is a bad idea. A major roadblock as the entire contract is now at risk of being terminated. Now the drivers the project is meant for are speaking out what they think should happen next. Somebody decides to help the animals and got out of control. An Animal Shelter in Iredell County is filled to capacity after a massive hoarding case is uncovered. Dozens of cats found in a single home. Dont fade away dont fade away. The naming of the final American Idol. Were going to weigh in who we thought were the nights brightest stars . Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight for fox 46 news im bill melugin. And im kayla ayres. At least one School System is already delaying classes tomorrow because of the weather. Meteorologist amanda cox has been tracking the system as it moves through this now . We are seeing wet conditions across the area. We have the storm system continuing to pass by to the south and east of us. It will affect us throughou
Meteorologist brian basham. I want you to keep in mind there have been strong storms that have been pushing through, some areas to end size hail moving through many places 1. 5 1. 5 inches and more. The northern half of few showers not a huge deal but we still have the Severe Thunderstorm Warning to the south from guesting county until 10 30 p. M. 10 30 p. M. If you are encouraged you were getting hit right now. You are seeing half an inch to an inch sized hail. Its pushing towards the south and thats the good news. Its moving out of the area but the bad news is you have another cell behind you. This track taking it to the south of you that well continue to track it across the area and the strong storms affecting a lot of the area. Not as intense through matthews but very strong likely seeing hail is probably smaller in diameter but heavy rain and theres been some bigtime wind gusts of 60 miles an hour or more across the area. The storms are moving almost directly to the east so if you
We have Team Coverage for you on this one. Lets send it over to Jenna Caiazzo pages joining us like to break down what happened has patrick cannon stood before a judge today. Hey bill. Of course this is a big deal for the media who have been following the former mayor and through the trials and tribulations and now his time in federal prison for this is the first time hes been back here in charlotte since november of 2014 and his attorney tells us he has spent the time behind bars reflecting but what we did wont change because of his attempting to vote. As the first time former mayor patrick cannon has been in charlotte since november 2014 courtroom. Patrick cannon pleaded guilty to voter fraud after he attempted to vote in valentine for early voting in october of 2014. Staff at a voting precinct and consequently his vote didnt count but that didnt stop prosecutors from pressing state charges against him. You are pleading guilty to attempted voting without having restored your citizens