drew the lines in 2011. lawmaker say by eliminating race in the new maps they would comply with the judge's order. >> the only way we can go before the court again and say we absolutely have not used race is to not have it as a criteria. >> the court's order was to avoid having race an the -- as the main factored. in a vote along party lines state lawmakers moving forward with

and leaving race out of the equation. >> you can use a race but it doesn't require you to use race. >> the legislature has advocated its responsibility and is unwilling to follow the law as handed down. >> right now state lawmakers still waiting on hearing from the u.s. supreme court whether a delay will be granted in this case. it was only one component. ahead at 7 we're going to take a look at some of the other measure that is cause controversy. >> still the question he is: how would this impact north carolina's primary on march 15th. lawmakers say they will not change the dates the primary. a change in the way congressional districts drawn would impact the congressional races as some people may find themselves in a different district. now, there is a possibility there could be a second primary for congressional races that would be held at later dates. we are following breaking

conducting a death investigation near city farm road. officers have not released many details but we have a crew headed to the scene and look for you updates at 7 as well as online at wncn.com. today it took a state appeals court to finally settle a neighbor versus neighbor case. it was over a modern style home that was built. we spoke to the home he beer who tonight is re leaved. >> reporter: yeah, homeowners happy that the battle over their house which last lasted for three years is finally over. now, there home this modern looking structure has created rifts through the community since it was in its conception phase although not all community members were against it one neighbor has been fighting the addition since 2013 complaining that it does not fit in with the

the court of appeals ruled that she had no legal standing to challenge the design of the house. after years of legal battles and a pause in construction the homeowners so happy to settle in and enjoy what they worked so hard for. >> this was an empty lot and we put a house that we were hoping would be welcomed into the neighborhood, but now we're here and part of what i believe is the most diverse neighborhood in terms of architecture. >> reporter: and coming up on wncn news at 7 i'll tell you more about the long legal battle that got us to this point and how it even got in the national headlines and gained its own twitter account. . >> today a business swooped into help easy concerns about who will pay for a bike sharing program in raleigh. the city wants to model the program like the one in charlotte but

out. the council will take up it meets again. did you wake up due to the early morning storm. if you did you were not alone, wind and fog was also an issue. in fact there were more than 30 wrecks between midnight and 9 a.m. this is video of an accident on i-440 near wake forest road. meanwhile a much worse situation out to our east. the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down this morning. the twister packing winds of 110 miles per hour snapped trees, damaged homes and also knocked out power for a few residents. thankfully no major injuries were reported. so now that the storm is passed, what can we expect tomorrow? >> good evening to you. so we just finished with four days in

and we've got a super sun set happening tonight. temperatures to 53 right now but tonight we've got to get ready for a little more rain believe it or not but the temperatures we have now compared to where we were last night at 6:00, look at these numbers we're 22 degrees warmer right now here in the triangle than we were just 24 hours ago. there's the cold front that brought the storms this morning, that is now out of here and this little batch of rain will move through in the early morning hours. nothing like what we saw this morning but rain nonetheless. so clouds will increase tonight. we drop down to 48 at 8, 43 at midnight and you're out the door tomorrow morning upper 30s and a little bit of light rain, nothing more and then we wait on more 60s for this weekend. we'll take you there to saturday and sunday in just a few minutes. fayetteville residents mourning the loss of a community icon.

. >> reporter: the victim here is 67-year old thomas mcdare and he was a lifelong resident of the is savoy heights neighborhood. >> this is unbelievable. i can't even imagine it. >> a community devastated after the tragic death to one of their own. police responded to his home this morning after receiving a 911 call. the two stabbed the 67-year old to death. >> a pillar the community he is remembered as always lending a helping hand. his cousin says he was recently released from the hospital and carry add portable oxygen tank. she says she suspected danger early on.

out of the house and i asked him, please get rid of girl, i guess a vision she ain't nothing but trouble. >> reporter: also grieving tonight many young men affiliated with meyer's recreation center. he was very involved in the youth sports activities. >> he was transfer the boys to and from practice and help out whatever they needed him to do. >> reporter: now, his family members say the two only knew each other a short is time. prior to that they say holt was homeless. now, holt remains here, she's charged with second degree murder without bond. thank you. when it's time to build a highway the land around it can't isn't fair. >> the battle before the state supreme court and what the decision could mean for people

and it's back to class a landowner is fighting the state dot as part of an effort to safe his land. >> the dot can limit the properties to use for highway projects. the final decision will affect local landowners.

looking to sell his farm for years. >> i've lived here since 1933. >> but the state has not let him cash in because it sits in the middle of post i-540. >> they're just holding me hostage and keeping me from doing anything that i desire to do with that property. >> he was one of the dozens of property owners from across the state to listen in on the arguments in a lawsuit filed against the dot. attorneys claim they use the map act to keep properties down so they can purchase them at a lower price. >> however, attorneys for the state argued here that the nc dot uses the act to help regulate local land use. >> the public purpose and benefit could be described as coordinating future road projects with current and future

>> it could be months before the state supreme court rules on this case meaning property owners like him left waiting for answers. >> got to have competence in the court system and hopefully justice, and we'll get justice for all, and that's all we can ask for. now, an update to a story we first brought you last month, a campbell law student and her guide dog back together in school after classmates helped to raise money to pay for the dog's surgery. >> the dog is well-known and loved on the campus. when she found out she needed surgery her classmates stepped in and donated the money for the several thousand dollars surgery. although the dog is feeling much better unfortunately it's been determined the dog has cancer. she's currently undergoing chemotherapy. >> it helped to pay or her khemo or any type of medicine she's

would have been able to afford all of this stuff. >> she says ricky is feeling well right now, and loves being back at school, but she'll dog later this year. a unc graduate set out to make the perfect couch and came up with the idea of nugget. thanks so some creativity the local business is taking off. >> they are two pillows a mattress and a base, you can turn it into a lounger, a couch, or a bed. >> the founders call it a hybrid. he came up with the idea four years ago. >> i'd see these dumpsters on campus just full of futons and said i can make something better. >> so he started experimenting. >> we put out a prototype, sold

summer we ran a kick starter with a whole lot of development. >> the business took off and the company takes orders online and packages custom made nuggets in this warehouse. >> you can create yours and we'll make it here. >> the foam comes from north carolina. >> it is lightweight covered with micro fiber and requires no assembly. >> there are no attachments and friction holds them together. you're not sliding off but when you want to pick it straight up it's as easy as picking up a two pound pillow. >> you can monday it down on the ground like a bean bag, and it has the function of a futon. >> originally intended as a dorm room staple it's now offered as a play room or a bonus room. >> it's a fort, it's even

you want more space to put on your dancing outfit and play we games. >> my kids would love that. well it sells for $279. for more information you can go to our website wncn.com. well, if for some reason you had to go out of town on saturday and just getting back tonight great planning on your part because we have gone from teens sunday morning to snow, sleet and ice on monday, severe storms this morning, and then 60 degrees this afternoon, and now we've got a super sun set out there as we get ready to say good-bye to tuesday and temperatures still in the low 50s and last night was also one of those crazy nights where you went to bed and it was cold and you got up and it was warmer. so i want to take you back to 10:00 last night when we had cold temperatures, we had some really thick fog. now, watch as we mutt put the maps into motion. you'll see warm air attack us from the southeast. and again we went to bed with

some of us were even in the low 60s, everyone but roxboro didn't quite make it there until about 8 or 9:00. tonight we'll cool back down. outside right now it's 47 up in roxboro, 58 in clinton, 52 down in lee county. this eve we're going to keep some clouds around. temperatures will go down tonight. we continue hour by hour and windup about 38 tomorrow morning as you leave for work and school but we've also got some rain and it's nothing else other than rain in the forecast starting from about midnight just a little bit of light rain through the early morning hours and some of you might have it also for the morning commute and as i said we had some pretty strong winds and look what it raleigh. so we had gusts 40 and it came

really wasn't colder behind the front but it was a lot of pinehurst sure with it. and now an area of low pressure back toward tennessee is carrying a little bit of moisture with it too and that's what's going head our way overnight. at 10:00 you see we've got extra clouds, snow in the mountains but it is just rain here and it's light rain and it's mainly from the triangle on north through midnight and the early morning hours and you can see most of it having dropped about 3, 4 in the morning, so while we're asleep and get up about 6 a.m. and it will be moving out. so make sure you check this with kristin she'll be keeping an eye on the radar for you and then we're dry by 10 and 11 a.m. and more sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. and that is something we haven't had a lot of lately. so tomorrow some early morning rain nothing like what we had this morning. temperatures around 54 in raleigh, 53 in durham, 57 for a high in fayetteville and that's about normal for this time of year and again we haven't had a lot of normal

we'll appreciate attachment your 7 days forecast takes us to 50 on thursday with sunny skies, 52 on friday, notice thursday and friday morning we start off in the 30s but then the weekend, 66 saturday, 64 sunday and then rain returns to the forecast by next monday and tuesday. so our three degree guarantee high tomorrow is 54. today we made it to 60. that's exact what will we forecast. so along with our friends another $100 for the american heart association bringing the monthly total to $1,400. so learn more about how

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>> tonight in sports the blue devils head to chapel hill >> north carolina felt they should have won both games over they hope an energy guysed home crowd will carry them to victory. >> this is ten times more electric in here when duke walks in the door than somebody else would. it's just -- i mean, it gets a lot hotter in here too with the amount of people in

the game it really . well after high of 60 today it's not going to be as warm tomorrow. at the bus stop a little bit of light rain. we start well above freezing 38 and

high of 54, more 60s though thi breaking news tonight. slamming trump. president obama comes out swinging late today. a harsh attack on the gop front-runner and firing back in a blockbuster battle over the supreme court. buried and blown away by record snow and a ferocious tornado outbreak. a massive storm stretching over 1,000 miles.

the grim sleeper trial in los angeles after a decade-long cold case mystery. how a bite of pizza may have caught an infamous murderer. slashing the price of prescription drugs by as much as 95%. how people are going around their insurance companies and saving big money. and the fur is flying. the competition is fierce and we're behind the scenes as the best on four legs compete for best in show. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. as he laid out the ground today for a major battle with senate republicans over a supreme court nomination, president obama also waded deep into the race for president at a news conference late this afternoon taking on donald trump and other republican candidates saying being president is a serious job.