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in along with a family member who was driving. martinez died as a result of the accident, everyone else survived. ecco friendly page set up by matthew's husband says the mother of twin girls suffered severely. a passenger in the car with martinez was treated at a hospital in raleigh. i am waiting to hear back from the highway patrol who says that they're working on an updated report of this investigation into the car wreck. we will let you know what happens when we find that out. statement thanks. arielle clay live from during. officers are looking for a driver who struck four bicyclist over the weekend. at last check, trained 15 and condition. the driver was 50-year-old donnie williams. joel lawrence says he remembers
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was wrong.>> i don't remember hearing the car, but, i do remember thinking, oh, my gosh, there is something going on here. and, i am about ready to go down. and i remember seeing lynn kind of flying through the air and i think i saw mike going down ahead of me. >> the highway patrol does not believe alcohol or speed are today attorneys are arguing in front of a jury about whether a man should be sentenced to death or spend his life in prison. jik06 was convicted last week a number of melissa huggins-jones during a burglary at her apartment, amanda lamb joins us in the newsroom with what attorneys are saying.>> reporter: prosecutors argue that none of the mitigating factors in this case which troubled upbringing outweigh
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that make them eligible for the death penalty. they focused on the fact that huggins-jones' eight-year-old daughter, hannah, was sleeping just down the hall when the murder happened. she had no idea what would happen to her child as she lay dying. she could not protect her. prosecutors focused on the heinous nature of the crime. 18 blows or stab wounds offer quick easy money, the prosecutor said, murder for an iphone.>> how much hatred do you have to have going through your body to do that to someone? that's why this case calls for penalty. how much hatred does it take to get there?>> travion smith is guilty of first degree murder. travion smith is responsible for first-degree murder. travion smith will be sentenced for first-degree murder.
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in prison, he will never leave prison. >> defense attorney said the death penalty is reserved for the worst offenders. they maintained that smith is not one of them. the arguments are complete, victory will get instruction from the judge to begin deliberations. of course, the jury took just about an hour to find him guilty of murder. there is no telling how long they will deliberate on the sentence. as the prosecutor said, this is a solemn and serious decision they are asking the jury to make.>> a task the jury is taken seriously. amanda lamb live in the newsroom. pope francis is calling for a one-year moratorium on the death penalty. he proposes that catholic leaders suspend the practice during the whole year of mercy. the push for appropriateness runs through november. the pontiff is putting support for a conference set to begin today. he hopes it will bring an end to capital punishment. >> the uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo is expected to be arraigned on murder charges. 45-year-old jason dalton shot
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r ial meet i aha>>e look at him, right e. th.>> m re t bratk hi thathat i'e for.>> don'love ark en durihe visit, wed fancotthe president and mrs. obama jo . was inin s carolina, and mod she will celebrate her 107th birthday on march 12.>> you cannot help but smile when you see the video. historic district the nations oldest collegiate postseason in charlotte. the ci aa tournament kicks off at time warner arena.
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shaw, in st. augustine's are among the teams battling in the tournament. check out on our sister station, me tv and 50.2. a special donation from coach sylvia satchel who donated money to the kay yow cancer fund. emtncr go et ith columbia in the shape of a seasonal year. so, using a gps tracking app, he attempted to spell out, happy 2015, on his trip.
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contest the lewis shows as more of his intricate designs. >> reporter: if stephen lund's giraffe looks immature, consider his medium. >> i have drawn a lot on my bicycle in one of these. a gps tracking device.>> reporter: at a ted talk, he asked why and how his strava app track cycling routes for fitness. >> it struck me there had to it. through the streets of victoria, canada. the end results, a grasshopper, a thug, darth vader, and a mermaid that took 14 hours alone. in one year, lund logged 13,857 miles, the distance from victoria to tokyo and back.>> does your wife be great use of love affair you are carrying with the road? >> i think of all of the people who spend their time sitting idly in front of a tv or in
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my time commitment in the big picture isn't all that excessive. >> reporter: now, the cycling artist is urging others to get out and gps their own doodles. >> it is just so easy to go out an experiment, explore, and do something creative.>> reporter: what goes around, comes around. trent 15, cbs, new york. >> reporter: lund says that it's easier to create because their trailer -- fairly straightforward. he also adds that he occasionally has restarted a ride after a wrong turn and as you might imagine, that mileage really adds up. it looks like he is in great results. how awesome is that? one more day until republicans in nevada will caucus. the race is beginning to focus on handful of candidates.>> coming up, we tell you which candidate says he is the only one who can defeat donald trump for the gop nomination. plus, police humans are criticizing beyonce in the wake of her super bowl halftime act
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start the race for the gop presidential nomination moves from south carolina to nevada where marco rubio and had crews are betting they might be able to pull off an upset.>> democrats make the reversed repenting from vegas to hillary clinton winning the jackpot to south carolina where she hopes she can continue to hold off bernie sanders.
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from the campaign trail. >> reporter: fresh off the south carolina primaries, the race for the presidential nomination heads to nevada. donald trump is helping to keep his hot streak going. >> i love to win. don't we love to win? met this past weekend's result in south carolina make this virtually a three-man race, between const, marco rubio, and ted cruz. cruz is making the candidate does the claim that he is the only one that can challenge comp. >> it is becoming more clear that we are the only ones who can be donald trump.>> reporter: some that we spoke with like cruz's conservative message. >> i think that crew speaks to people like myself who are pro- life. who are not afraid of god in our system. and, want to return to constitutional values. >> reporter: while rubio is trying to make a mainstream appeal to all republicans.>> of the people left in this race,
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or party faster than i can. >> reporter: rubio has drawn support from new kid on the gop block, donnie wahlberg, who says he is voting republican for the first time. >> i would much rather have a republican tell me something that i don't want to hear then have another democrat, every single thing i want to hear, just to get my vote.>> reporter: john kasich is looking past to super tuesday campaigning a week from tomorrow. daniel nottingham, cbs news, las vegas.>> former director of homeland security, tom ridge, is throwing his support behind ohio governor, john kasich. he had been supporting jeb bush. however, bush quit the race after a disappointing finish in the iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina contest. a former nc state student charged in a cold case murder heads to court. raleigh police teamed up with
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