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and the rain could continue through tomorrow. we found people driving through the downpour in norfolk tonight --- and others on the wet roads in chesapeake. let's bring in chief meteorologist don slater. he's been watching the storm's progress all night. don -- you're still tracking rain. how long is it going to go on? tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near 70, then falling into the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling into the mid-40s by 3 pm. winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 10-20 mph. tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near
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the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling into the mid-40s by 3 pm. winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 10-20 mph. download the free wavy weather app and keep up with the curent conditions.
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the city of norfolk has teamed up with the army corps of engineers to study a rising problem: water, and how to hold it back. over the next three years, the study will look into ways to keep the city safe during storms and high tides. this could open doors for more funds in the battle against floods. c0007 paul fraim norfolk mayor 6;53;13 we need this study completed to get it on the federal budget to fund projects to deal with the sea level rise. 7;3;22 the cost of the three million dollar study will be split between the army corps of engineers and the city. some people hope a petition will force norfolk's city treasurer out of office-- before his trial begins. anthony burfoot has been indicted on federal corruption charges. last month -- he said resigning was not an option. 10 on your side's liz palka spoke with one of the people who wants him out. liz, the group is taking steps to make it happen. nicole - that's because
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burfoot can serve as treasurer while he's facing these charges. and as one organizer told me, he doesn't think they'll have a problem getting the signatures. they're calling themselves the citizens recall committee. and they filed the paperwork necessary to start circulating a petition just a few days ago. their goal: to recall norfolk city treasurer anthony burfoot. c1 19:56:01 - there's too much of a cloud over his head. john wesley hill - a norfolk political activist who has questioned burfoot in the past - is leading the effort. he said the petition is on hold temporarily while we're going door to door. we are going to use every technique that we can use. burfoot has served as a norfolk public official for 14 years. first on city council then he was public corruption and perjury charges. saying people paid him nearly a half million dollars in exchange for votes. c1 20:01:53 - we really would like for him to resign or we would like for him to take a
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would be in the best interest of the entire community in norfolk. burfoot has said since the beginning - he won't step down. 10=2:17 "will you be at work monday. yes sir so you're not stepping down or anything like that. absolutely not" as of last week a judge ruled burfoot's communication with office staff would be limited to email or a recalled. c1 19:59:04 - yes, we believe we're going to get these 6,000 signatures and a couple 2-3 weeks. hill said their goal is six thousand signatures. after that - they must submit the signatures to circuit court. where a judge will decide if there should be a recall trial. burfoot's federal traial is expected to start in may. i'm liz palka, 10 on your side. the citizens recall committee will hold an interest meeting at 7 tomorrow night, at the pretlow library. see all of our coverage--
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history of this case by searching "burfoot" on wavy dot com. if you got caught in traffic on i-64 westbound in chesapeake -- we can show you why. around 2:30 this afternoon, virginia state police say the white van sideswiped a tractor trailer -- stopped on the side of the road. then they say the van swerved into a second truck. medics took the van driver to the hospital. traffic backed up for miles while first responders cleared the scene. it is moving again. portsmouth police are investigating an armed robbery. officers say someone hit the dollar deals on victory boulevard. they got calls for help around seven. police say no one was hurt, but they just sent us this surveillance video of the suspect. if you can help find him, call the crime line. in this follow-up, hundreds of workers clocked out for the last time today. it's been 60 days since newport news shipbuilding told 738 workers -- they would lose their jobs. even with the notice about the layoffs -- some former employees tell us they're struggling to
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c0020 - jonathan logan - former shipyard worker 1401 we applied for washington, mississippi, anywhere, you know, just to get something. 1405 we have learned: the virginia employment commission plans to come work with local unions- in hopes of getting people new jobs. if you want to learn more about how to handle your job search, look for this story on wavy dot com. new tonight. virginia lawmakers are working on a bill that would bring millions of dollars in grant money to newport news shipbuilding. the grants would provide money to help the yard produce certain navy warships. as part of the deal, there's potential for nearly 750-million dollars in new facilities and one thousand new full- time jobs. new tonight. the city of hampton says there's a makeover coming for an aging mall -- it says a national developer plans to invest 60-million dollars into the riverdale shopping center. that's on west mercury boulevard in the coliseum central area. the developer will re-name it riverpointe and a kroger will also move in. a store dedicated to
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closing its doors. final kick sports in virginia beach says it will close for good this coming saturday. the owner posted on the store website saying, the team was thankful to have served and trained with so many of you over the years. he did not give a reason for the decision. the store sits just off north great neck road. if you struggled to file your taxes today, blame the i-r-s. several of its computer systems failed, and the agency was unable to accept some returns. the i-r-s says-- it has started repairs, but some systems may be down through tomorrow. they say you can still work on your return, but you might not be able to virginia beach woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death. the commonwealth's attorney says the evidence proves megan dejesus acted in self defense. police they found terrance covington dead in the couple's home on sedgewick court. convington family says
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super=deanna means/covington family friend runs=:23 outcue=killed him 14=:51:56 "i think it is than than that. nothing changes the fact that she stabbed him and killed him" dejesus was already out of jail on bond. hundreds of people came together to remember the life of a virginia teen. family, friends, even strangers paid thier respects at a visitation service tonight, for 13-year-old nicole lovell from blacksburg. police believe two virginia tech students had a hand in abducting and killing her. both are in jail tonight. one of the suspects will be in court for a bond hearing tomorrow morning. a sexual assault case against bill cosby is moving forward. a pennsylvania judge dismissed the claim a former prosecutor promised him immunity. now accusations from 2004 will head to a
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investigators believe he assaulted a woman back in 2004. a spokesperson for cosby says he plans to appeal today's decision. another republican presidential candidate has given up hopes for the white house. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum officially suspended his campaign. santorum says he's endorsing florida senator marco rubio for president in 20-16. virginia beach mayor will sessoms sits down with 10 on your side - to talk about the "conflict of interest" scandal. fighting the accusations was part of his life for 14 months. mayor sessoms spoke only to andy fox about the virginian pilot investigation. we asked whether he thought he should resign-- or how team sessoms managed the growing crisis. he talked about how his full-time job with the bank led to legal troubles with his part-time job as mayor. mayor will sessoms/virginia beach (20:59 6) ((i did make a technical error and i am sorry i let my guard down)) be truthful i look back here and i wonder
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jobs and i did them and i did them well but i really didn't have the time i needed for each one of them)) runs: 17 tomorrow night watch andy fox's one on one with mayor will sessoms. his report begins at 4 with his full investigation at six. neighbors say someone has broken into more than a dozen vehicles. where the thieves have been hitting-- and why residents are upset with police. and-- from the pulpit, to the jailhouse. police say a priest who spent years officiating over masses, weddings, and funerals--
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burglars- even bypassed his car's alarm system. and now he feels like police aren't investigating. that resident spoke only to 10 on your side's liz kilmer - and liz, what are you hearing from police? i've been trying to get information from police since yesterday - no luck. but today i spoke with several people in the las gaviotas neighborhood who tell me they feel violated after their cars were broken into between monday night and early tuesday. one man - as you said - feels like nothing is being done. rummaged through and ransacked - c19 01:03:15 "i noticed my truck door papers out of it" c1 00:49:29 "when i opened it i noticed everything was out of the glove box." thieves broke into car after car. that's why people in this otherwise quiet neighborhood are on high alert. some were unlocked. no so for this man, whose sedan was hit outside of his home on san roman drive. c2 00:51:17 "the car was locked and armed with the alarm but they were able to bypass that with no damage at all." the resident - who asked not to show his face -
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burglars, stole cash and crime seemingly more sophisticated than the average break-in. he the and believes they attempted to steal the vehicle. c3 00:57:11 "this right here was completely pulled out, they had some wires that were hanging out as well." he called police dispatch early tuesday morning - and heard from an officer minutes later. c2 00:54:33 "pretty much he said calls have been pouring in since midnight, 13 other incidents other than yours and we should have sent somebody out there." 54:07 "they haven't even been out here as far as i were not taken. still, folks say they want answers. c6 00:59:33 "we pay good money to stay out here and we don't think things would happen like that out here but it did." c19 01:04:29 "everybody's just kind of looking out for everybody now, you know people's looking out the window that's like me." we received another tip about car breakins during the same night on gale avenue. but again, i first called and emailed police about this yesterday - and again today - no information has been provided. live
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side. all new tonight. police hope you can help them find an armed purse snatcher in norfolk. they sent us these pictures of him robbing a woman on granby street last week, near lafayette park. the woman says she was unloading her vehicle when he grabbed her bag. she wasn't hurt. police also sent us these pictures of the vehicle the suspect used to get away. it's an acura m-d-x from the early 2000's. police want you to pay attention to the white decal on the window. tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near 70, then falling into the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling into the mid-40s by 3 pm. winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs:
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mph. tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near 70, then falling into the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling into the mid-40s by 3 pm. winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 10-20 mph. tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near 70, then falling into the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling
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winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 10-20 mph. tonight: rain with a few isolated thunderstorms. temps: starting near 70, then falling into the upper-50s by 7 am. winds: s to w 10-20 mph. thursday: cloudy with intermittent showers. temps: starting in the upper-50s, then falling into the mid-40s by 3 pm. winds: n 5-15 mph. friday: chance of isolated morning showers, then drying out. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 10-20
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police in california say they've arrested a phony priest. they say he spent years officiating masses, confessions, funerals, weddings and baptisms -- all fake. parishoners in l-a say they're relieved police arrested "padre." court paperwork says he worked at various churches -- swindling churchgoers out of thousands of dollars since the 90s. most recently, investigators say he scammed people by selling bogus tickets to see pope francis. (edwin duyshart, pastor, st. ignatius of loyola) "he was real fraud and he was really good at it." not about that." (edwin duyshart, pastor, st. ignatius of loyola) that need to be taken off the street." real priests say they helped police uncover the scammer. he's facing charges tonight. today was college football signing day, one of the busiest of the year. and a second state championship coach is moving on to revive another
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it's national signing day for high school athletes, but the big story tonight does not involve a player, instead a big name coach. i'm bruce rader,--before we get to the big signing news, oscar smith football coach richard morgan confirmed today he is leaving chesapeake to become the new head coach at marietta high school just outside of
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morgan led the tigers to 164 wins over the last 14 years, two state titles and lost the state championship this year in triple overtime. coach morgan talked with nathan epstein. "you know, i've been there forever it seems like, and wherever that program was and where it's come to now, i'm real proud of what we've accomplished. i've just had hundreds and hundreds of great kids that have grown into great young men and have done awesome things with their lives. it's hard. it is. it's a difficult situation, but as i explained to them, when you get older you got difficult decisions to make, and sometimes you just make decisions on what's best for you and your family at that time. marrietta was one of those situations i felt was just too good to pass up. richard morgan, one of the great high school
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hampton roads history. there is never enough time to talk about all the players who officially signed schlorship offers today, eight from lake taylor. among them, ke-von burton is going to temple, j-t wah-ee will join his brother george at norfolk state, daz palmer is headed to vmi and the big name wayne davis is going to ohio state. "i had a great opportunity there you can't pass it up, their lower db's in the depth chart, it's a greawt academic program why not ohio state get out and show my abilities and show what the 757 and the state of virginia can do against the other top players in the country." seventeen student athletes signed at ocean lakes, 7 will play college football--quarterback cody cunningham will walk on at old dominion, anthony womack to james madison, justin smith salutes the naval academy and the big name at the beach, levonta taylor will play
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"it's a lot of relief. even though i've been committed to florida state for a while now, schools were still trying to get on me, as well as state. i just stuck loyal to my gut, i knew this was the right decision for me, and that's why i signed with florida state. at hampton high school, jovonn quillen has been nothing short of dynamic at quarterback for mike smith and the crabbers, but he'll be switching to defense when he plays at virginia tech. big class at bayside including tykee mccullers who will walk on at odu. another hampton roads hokie is wide receiver phillip patterson. he will fit nicely into coach justin fuente's spred offense. special day for patterson and his family. "telling my dad yesterday it's real to me now first it was just a dream and now we made it a reality so i'm very excited." i wish we had the time to bring you all the signing
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