in some infants who whose mother was infected. >> the pope said that avoiding birth control is not evil in this instands sad news. harper lee, who wrote to kill a mockingbird "has died. for decades, many thought that lee would never follow up to kill a mockingbird. she did release ghost set a watch man in july. justin antonin scalia will lie in repose today at the u.s. supreme court. president and mrs. obama will pay their respects today but will not be attending a funeral tomorrow, a decision that drew criticism from republicans, especially those who are running for his job.

approach it is respectfully pay tribute to high profile patriotic american citizens the issues. >> justice scalia's son, father paul scalia, will lead the pass. senate minority reader harry reid expects the president to announce his nomination in two weeks. and the man who was running the ride that injured a man entered an alford plea. he blamed the operator teterow who admitted tampering with the ride wake county jurors could begin deliberation in the stepsing phase of the travion smith trial monday. the same panel convicted him of

during a burglary. wral's lala santiago has been following the story >> reporter: just coming off the stand right now, a sergeant with the wake county sheriff's office that works primarily out of the detention center. she talked about previous issues they had with smith, and that includes having to use pepper spray. when he was released from jail for a case with a stolen car, smith went to his father's home and the officer claims that even his father had issues with him and ended up kicking him out. part of the reasons that the father kicked him out,according to the officer, gang activity which he says that smith admitted. >> did he have any hesitancy in talking to you about that. >> he was pretty up front about his membership. i asked him some further

more information, just based upon personal knowledge and intel that i could share with the rest of our departmental unit. he was pretty vague in what he would give me. >> let me talk about what was happening in the stand, in that room right now. the family of melissa huggins jones, the woman murdered and found by her eight-year-old. no one from smith's family in that courtroom at this hour. >> all right. leyla santiago, with the latest trial. teachers at riverside high school in durham are mailing homework assignments to a i.c.e. raid. the riverside senior came to the u.s. fleeing gang violence in honduras and fears he will be killed if deported.

custody in north carolina and face deportation. friday and stocks are down. let's take a look at the latest numbers now from the dassments we see it is down some 54 points right now. also, this morning, we have the nasdaq down 46 points and the s&p 500 down 3. for complete market and business news, go to wral.com and click on business. state lawmakers are finishing up work this hour on new congressional districts required by a federal court ruling. that new map is due by the end of this day. wral's capital new york bureau chief laura is lawyer -- wral's capital bureau chief laura is live. >> in the debates, both yesterday and today, republican leaders said that the

map was dr. thomas hopperlo, the same who drew the old map that federal judges ruled relied too much on race. he has begun drawing his map on his own computer. some lawmakers asked whether he remembers where the highest concentration of blacks are in the state. house redistricting chairman david lewis said no. >> i would not contemplate as he was a consultant for chairman ruchow and myself that he would be made available to the committee republicans have maintained that hoffler did follow the criteria even though they had not yet approved it.

they asked who the democrats are using to redraw the maps, they have not said who it is. current congressman george holding in the 13th congressional district told us this morning that he probably would go ahead and challenge renee almer for the second district in the republican primary election. interesting time. >> two stories in one. laura leslie, thank you very much. >> that's right. today is the deadne to register in the primary election on march 15th. same-day registrations will be available at one-stop voting locations if you provide properdocumentation. on election day, voters will be

and american warplanes struck an isis target killing dozens of people. video broadcast on a libyan news channel claims to show the aftermath of overnight air strike in the libyan city of sabratha. u.s. officials tell cbs news that the strikes likely killed a top terrorist. nardine shushn was wanted in an attack in tunisia. the interior ministry released this photo of shushan at the time of the massacre. this comes at white house and western allies struggle to contain isis. just this week, president obama said that america would go after islamic state fighters in libya, wherever there is a clear target. the terrorist group has used brutal tactics to make their presence known, carrying out

this one last february showing militants killing coptic christians on a beach near tripoli. >> u.s. defense officials estimate over 5000 isis fighters are operating in libya. while most of you were sleeping, families in fort bragg were celebrating a happy homecoming. 70 paratroopers marched at 3:00 a.m. at pope air field. they spent nine months in iraq. they spent the last nine months in operation inherent resolve. part of the mission includes training and equipping iraqi security forces. soldiers say that the hardest part, of course, is missing the family at home. being away from him seeing him growing up over face time as opposed tome helping and teaching him things but

>> it's fantastic. it's, you know, nine months of hard work and it's really great to come home and see all the people that you love and miss for all that time. >> well, that curly hair. paratrooper also have a four- day weekend. they'll head back to post on tuesday to start their reintegration training. >> so glad that they are home and we wi them plenty of quality time. >> absolutely. >> 12:09 now. the affluenza teen case is moving to adult court. how a judge's decision could mean a much tougher sentence for ethan couch and what he could face if he violates his probation also a tourist helicopter crashes in hawaii. the victims on board and an investigation into how it happened. and take a look at this. incredible video of a fire- nado. where this phenomenon was caught on camera.

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only from at&t. call an at&t expert to switch today. a judge in texas says that the case of ethan couch will be moved to adult court. today's ruling means that the now 18-year-old could serve 120 days in jail and then must finish his ten-year probation. if he violates probation, couch to get up to 10 years in prison for each of the four crash victims. couch and his mother fled to mexico in december. antigovernment protester and rancher cliven bundy will be extradited back to his home in nevada. he faces charges of conspiracy related to an armed standoff near his ranch in nevada two years ago. officers tried to stop bundy from illegally grazing his cattle on federal land.

in to support his sons in a separate stand off at an oregon wildlife refuge. the standoff is now over and his sons are facing charges as well. the trial of five baltimore police officers accused in the death of freddie gray have been put on hold because the maryland court of appeals will consider whether a sixth officer charged in the case, william porter, should be compelled to testify against the other five. officer porter went to trial last year but his case ended in a mistrial. he is expected to be retried. federal officials are investigating how a tour helicopter crashed into the water near hawaii's pearl harbor. a witness captured it all on cell phone video. venity nyer explains that at least one of the people on board, a 16-year-old, is in critical condition. >> cell phone video captured the helicopter hovering in the air shortly before plunging into the water just feet from

almost eat yatchly, it overturns. >> all of a sudden, it fell from the skies and crashed in front of us. >> shaun waynerich was taking pictures with his cell phone when he noticed something wrong. he switched to video immediately. >> we ran in, tried to jump into the water. >> somebody said, there is somebody still in the aircraft. i drove through the pilot side to the back seat. >> firefighters and nearby members of the navy raced to the scene. all five people on board were rushed to the hospital. >> we heard what was two loud banks. we thought it was gunshots and we saw people running which, obviously, made us scared, especially in such a high profile destination. >> this is a popular tourist attraction on the island of oahu.

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carolina pick 32 first. it has been more than two years since four members of a triangle family were hurt while exiting a ride at the state fair. >> the owner of the vortex entered an alford plea. that means that he understands that the court will have enough evidence to convict him -- that the prosecution will have enough evidence to convict him. he entered a plea without admitting to guilt. >> what everyone agreed upon is that what happened was horrific. this was the ride we are talking about. it was called the vortex known for its spins and flips. prosecutors say that an electrical box was be a sanged just so that the ride would pass inspection.