We have Team Coverage for you as Bernie Sanders prepares to speak in university city. But first well go to hickory. Thousands lined up to see donald trump speak. Hundreds were outside protesting. Eyewitness News Reporter dave faherty watched as tensions rose between the protesters and supporters. Dave, tell us about what you saw. Well were still hearing a lot of shouting coming from behind me next to the auditorium. You can see all these people congregated behind me. Minutes ago they sent two people out of the auditorium. We saw Police Escort the folks out of the auditorium while trump was speaking. Weve seen a number of clashes after they shut the door. This auditorium holds 1400 people. We had about 5,000 people show up wanting to see donald trump this morning. And we had about 300 to 400 protesters. Look at this video i shot this morning. You can see the clashes. We saw at one point folks ran up to a man who had a sign of a confederate flag. Apart. They went back and forth officers
Anchor Scott Wickersham met with Malcolm Graham who just left the board of elections to file his paper work. Graham will drive to raleigh tomorrow to deliver the paper work and get on the ballot. Because of the legal battle over the district lines, there will have to be a special election june 7th for district 12. Its the only issue on the ballot that day. In the middle of the summer and high school graduation. So we have to make a special effort to inform voters to go out and vote. Alma adams is running for reelection in district 12. It used to run along i85 from charlotte do greensboro. The new map is entirely in mecklenburg county. The state had to redraw the maps because a judge ruled current districts were unconstitutional. He ruled they were drawn based on race. Lawmakers redraw the districts but groups like the ncaap say theyre still unfair. Now judges are considering a lines yet again. And thats leaving a lot up in the air as candidates begin to file. Today at 5 00, who else is