upper 50s on sunday. upper 50s on sunday. a big delay in the murder trial of former portsmouth police officer stephen rankin. rankin is accused of shooting and killing 18-year-old william chapman last spring outside a walmart. the trial was supposed to start next month - now it's pushed back until august. 10 on your side's deanna leblanc was in court for the hearing today and has the latest from the wavy newsroom. anita the delay is because three of the commonwealth's witnesses, including one expert - cannot make the march 21st start date. the defense did not object to that motion. but, the two sides squared off over a different motion: the commonwealth's attorney asked the judge to keep uniformed police officers out of the court room. about a half dozen police officers showed up in uniform today at former

stephen rankin's motion hearing. commonwealth's attorney stephanie morales - says the presence of the officers is "stifling" morales told the judge the presence of officers in uniform - who may not actually be on duty - would intimidate a jury and bolster's the credibility of a man charged with murder. c001 1:20:04 if they're working and wearing their uniform we understand it. but at the same time we officers being in there. 20:18 morales wants only 10 uniformed officers in the court sitting in groups of three or less. the defense argued that any limitations could infringe upon first amendment rights. c002 1:25:09 based on all of the research i did there is no precident in a situation like this. judge morrison did not rule on the motion today - saying he had to think about what could happen if he rules in favor. if he'd then have to limit supporters of the vicitm. or screen police officers

uniform were really on duty. morales also wants morrison to rule that stephen rankin cannot talk about william chapman's alleged shoplifting at walmart on the stand. she says it would bias the jury to think chapman was violent. the defense disagrees - saying removing that the day's events. c002 1:26:30 you can't start the story in the last chapter. the jury has a right to know from the beginning to end so they can put everything into context. 1:26:38 the judge did not rule on that motion today iether. saying both would take time to think over. but again - the big news - the trial is pushed back now for five more months. per ert - east bound tunnel is closed due to multi vehilce accident happpened just before

plans to replenish beaches in the outer banks have run into a delay. and it all comes down to dollars. there's just not enough of them in the budget. ten on your side's lex gray spent the day on the outer banks. she's been talking to homeowners who are desperate for this project to be completed. lex? anita and stephanie-- the woman you're about to beach won't make it through another hurricane season without the town's can see how things have changed at gail wall's beach home in duck since her family bought it in 2009. (2) 1:25 we have been desperately holding on, suffering year after plan to replenish the beaches in duck, kitty hawk, and kill devil hills. earlier this month - that changed to disappointment. the towns rejected the three bids they got -- because even the lowest was about 5-million dollars over budget.

layton says contractors will now have until december of 20-17 to finish...instead of the early deadline of april 20-17. (2) 8:12 if we were to have a large storm of that kind again, our section of duck will be gone. :18 wall says it's in the best interest of the town, county, and state to find the funds -- and get the project started now. (2) 7:28 we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs. (butted to) (2) 9:45 we simply do not have another year. we just don't. :51 layton says he understands those kind of concerns and fears -- but he says even if they had the money, what wall wants simply isn't possible. (7) 16:40 there are a lot of projects going on, it's not like you can go out to home depot and rent a dredge. (butted to) (6) 15:30 so no, we're not going to spend more money than is budgeted to speed the next round of bids are due the second week of march -- which means the towns should have a firmer timeline for the

five people are dead -- including the gunman -- after a man opened fire inside a home. it happened early this morning in phoenix arizona. first responders not only had to battle gunshots -- but smoke and flames -- as they tried to get to the victims inside. (s/ sgt. trent crump/ officers putting on, with the assistance of the fire department, putting on safety gear and breathing apparatus to get up to a house with a charged hose or a line so that we could try to extract victims from the home who were calling from inside." no officers were hurt. one was taken to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation. police shot and killed the suspect. president obama is making his case for closing guantanamo bay. the white house released it's plan earlier today - seven years after obama vowed to get rid of the prison. the president says keeping the facility open is

fight against terrorism. facing opposition from the g-o-p led congress -- obama asks the question -- if now -- then when? 3:07-15 i've been working for seven years now to get this thing closed. as president i have spent countless hours dealing with this. i do not exaggerate about that. 3:27-3:37 i don't want to a nation we don't deal with this now, when will we deal with it?" right now - there are less than 100 detainees being held at guantanamo bay. some would be sent to other countries -- some would be housed in a facility here in the u-s. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - a truck load of bottled water is finally headed to flint. it's a story we've been following for weeks now. how a little idea turned into a big donation for families in need. plus - nevada holds it's gop caucus tonight. why some republican candidates spent the day doing damage control --

it's caucus night for republican voters in nevada. and a couple of the presidential candidates spent the day doing clean-up. ted cruz -- on damage control -- after being forced to fire his communications director rick tyler. tyler distributed a you-tube video that misrepresented something marco rubio said about the bible. cruz is defending tyler as a "good man" who made a "grave error of judgement" john kasich -- also playing clean-up -- after saying women left their kitchens to support him -- in his run for office back in the 19-70's. kasich was immediately called out by one of his supporters -- and later said he was sorry if he offended anyone. some in the gop are calling on kasich to drop out -- and send his support to rubio. kasich was also questioned about why he isn't even in nevada today cnn po-59tu 4-15 (governor john kasich)yeah, but you know, the caucuses are different. that's a whole different beast, so we've

places like vermont, massachusetts, virginia, now georgia and we're moving through the south." the caucuses begin between five and seven -- local time. look for updates throughout the night on air and online at wavy dot com. we're tracking severe weather across parts of the south. so far today -- there have been seven reports of tornadoes in louisiana alone. this is video from along interstate ten -- south of baton rouge. people also reported seeing funnel clouds near the airport in new orleans -- and waterspouts over lake pontchartrain. many schools in the area had closed early today -- in anticipation of the bad weather. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - helping families in flint. a couple of women here in hampton roads set out to make a difference -- and now a truck load of water is on its way to michigan. we'll update

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water is reaching out to help a town in a water crisis. a real estate agency in hampton roads is getting ready to roll out hundreds of cases for residents in flint michigan. i first told you about the dream girls of real estate's water drive three weeks ago - and donations started pouring in, (rolling water out ) the outpouring of generosity is overwhelming to claudine ellis. c20 claudine 1:46:42 i mean...look at all the water :44 this chesapeake mom and real estate agent saw images like this of children in flint michigan suffering from simply drinking and bathing in water. and she had a little idea. c20 1:46:38 it was a very little idea she called 10 on your side to help get the word out about her water drive... and in one short week her office space went from this -- to this. now, three weeks later.. (nats rolling out) the flood of support from schools, car and motorcycle clubs, and the military has overflowed this space. c20 1:47:05 we even had so much water we had to put other locations :08 so people could drop off wter cause there's no way we could fill this room

it safe for the floor not to load into a few vans. thankfully stevens van lines rolled in. c21 1:49:25 we were told they were looking for somebody to help out and we're going to haul it up there :35 (nats) all in all they collected nearly a thousand cases of water and money to buy a thousand more. claudine is flying to flint this weekend to hoping i see some smiles and some people that are very happy about others that care about them :20 right now the last of the water is actually stuck in an elevator at the kellar williams building. but with any luck they'll have it out soon. they're scheduled to arrive in michigan this weekend. new information about the possible spread of the zika virus -- u-s health officials are

dozen cases of possible zika infections that may have been spread through sex. there are 14 cases in all. all involving men who visited areas with zika outbreaks - and may have infected their female partners. there have already been at least two reported cases of zika from sexual transmission. cloudy...with a few showers possible. lows will be in the mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers in the morning. then late day showers & storms that could be strong to severe...stay tuned. highs will be near

with gusts up to 25mph. hit and miss showers possible thru tonight.. a warm front will lift through the region thru wednesday am, leading to a warmer day tomorrow. highs will be near 70. we'll see a few scattered showers through the day. however, late in the day into the evening a line of showers and storms will move through the region. this will be ahead of a cold front. we'll see strong gusty winds out ahead of the front. so some storms could be strong to severe. stay cooler, but not cold with highs in the upper 50s. we'll be dry and cooler into the weekend. highs will be in the upper 40s on saturday, but into the

an update -- on breaking news. per ert - east bound tunnel is back open. it had been closed due to multi vehilce accident and i'm tom schaad. next on wavy news 10 at 6-- here come the candidates.

so they're coming to hampton roads. the first big rally-- for bernie sanders-- we'll take you there. then-- a man missing for nearly a month-- and his family has no idea why it may have happened. brandi cummings has their plea for his safe return-- when nicole and i see you at 6-- keep it right here. i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics,

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scottish nurse -- who has already recovered from ebola twice. pauline cafferky has developed another "late complication" from her infection with the lethal virus. cafferkey was transferred by military plane from her home in glasgow to london. she's being treated by the hospitals infectious diseases team. last december, cafferkey was treated for meningitis. she was first infected back in 20-14 while working in sierra leone. do you love singing -- but somewhere along the way - someone told you -- you couldn't? then this is the story for you. after being told her entire life that she can't seing -- a woman in england started her own choir. 4-8 "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" the "tuneless choir" is open to anyone -- no audition needed. most members know they're not great singers. they're just there to have a little fun. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - a disturbing discovery on maryland's eastern shore.

investigation. newsroom-- this incredible video of lightning in texas. that system is headed our way. don's updated forecast-- next on

dead ball eagles has sparked a n investigation. officials believe the birds were poisoned. they were removed from the federal list of endangered species in 2007 there were remains protected under federal law. information. wavy news 10 at six is next -- 6:00 is next. >> this is wavy news 10. nicole: a rainy come upon you, ron and a overall, but the worst may still be on the way. tom: all is ok now, but we are facing the threat of severe weather as the nasty storm system market to the north and east aiming my for our area. millions in the past of a dangerous storm. nicole: to ourselves, serious effect already being felt. check out the pictures from prairieville, louisiana. that is just outside of baton rouge. a room rooftop of gold's gym.

been reported near new orleans. tom: right now, it may not look bad only local radar, but come tomorrow, it is expected to look completely different. nicole: don slater has a look at willie can expect tonight and where we are headed. don: want to see what is going on throughout the area right now. scattered light rainfall throughout the region. save anything all day long. temperatures in the 40's to around the 50 or 52 degree mark around the region. we will talk about what is going on. the weather is coming. you can see again the scattered thunderstorms, especially down to louisiana and into mississippi. the center of the storm is to the dallas-fort worth area and basically southeast of there. all of this will come marching northeastward. it will be here about 24 hours from now. tomorrow will be the exact opposite of but we had during

it will write no, warm up -- it will brighten up and warm up. a little stronger risk coming up for eastern north carolina. show you what is going on with how much rainfall we end up getting out of this. we're likely to see one third of an inch to around one inch, and maybe even a little more across parts of the area. that will happen at one time between 5:00 and 9:00 to the evening. i was are you what is going on and time it out for you and talk a little bit about the fog and whether we have right now coming up in my forecast in a few minutes. nicole: whomever wavy weather app waterboard for the latest radar views in any watches and warnings get the get. one week and counting before we go to the polls. tom: the parade of presidential hopefuls who want your vote next tuesday started in full force today. thousands packed downtown

he had more than enough to talk about in the rally. andy fox is live to tell us more. andy: there is a lot of things different about bernie sanders. first of all, he is an independent senator from vermont that he is running as a democrat. he talked about taxing the rich and taxing the rich again. he is a democratic socialist. and he also knows how to draw a crowd. [cheering] listened to the applause for u.s. senator bernie sanders.his populist message can be deeply rooted in his past .his father came from poland, could not speak english . this an integral up in a were in controlled building in brooklyn so it is no surprise he is anti-wall street go. >> these guys endless amount of do. >> they don't have you. >> they do not have me, they